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Pseudoparlatoria tillandsiae Tippins, 1970 (Diaspididae: Pseudoparlatoria)

Pseudoparlatoria tillandsiae Tippins 1970: 818-819. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Echols County, 1 mile NW of the point at which the Suwannee River enters Florida, on Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides, growing on Quercus virginiana, 04/05/1968, by R. Beshear. Holotype, female, Type depository: Athens: University of Georgia, Department of Entomology Collection, Georgia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Wolff2008: pp.292-293 ( Adult (F) ) [Chave para identificação das espécies de Pseudoparlatoria, baseada nos caracteres de fêmeas adultas. (A key to species of Pseudoparlatoria, based on the characters of adult females)]

Systematics: Pseudoparlatoria tillandsiae is close to P. elongata, but differs in the form of the median lobes, the size of the anal opening, the number of marginal ducts in the 2nd interlobular space and the presence of an ocular spur (Tippins, 1970).
Structure: Female scale light purplish brown to whitish, 1.5 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. Slide-mounted adult female averages 0.85 mm long and 0.37 mm wide. Pygidium acutely rounded, with 3 pairs of lobes. Median lobes unusually large, acute, and with 3 or 4 notches on each margin. 2nd lobes well developed, bilobulate, variously notched. 3rd lobe small but sclerotized and bilobulate (Tippins, 1970).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tippins (1970).