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Pseudoparlatoria turgida Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Pseudoparlatoria)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudoparlatoria turgida Ferris 1941d: SIII-319. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, Armuelles, on undetermined host, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 7

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• 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)]
• Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:62 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pseudoparlatoria]

Remarks

• Systematics: The elongate form of the body separates P. turgida from all other species of the genus except P. elongata. From that species it differs in having the body sclerotized at maturity and in having the dorsal pygidial ducts very few and confined to the pygidium (Ferris, 1941d).
• Structure: Female scale yellowish or pale, thin and transparent, more or less circular, with exuviae submarginal. Slide-mounted adult female about 1.2 mm long, ovoid, tapering posteriorly. Derm becoming more or less sclerotized over entire body at maturity. Median lobes quite large, with the usual pair of gland spines between them. 2nd and 3rd lobes developed, but very small, 2nd bilobulate. Marginal ducts presenting the usual distribution, the submarginal ducts very few, confined to a narrow submarginal zone on the pygidium itself and except for one pair, all smaller than marginal ducts (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).

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