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Quernaspis quercicola Tippins & Beshear, 1970 (Diaspididae: Quernaspis)

Quernaspis quercicola Tippins & Beshear 1970a: 808-809. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Cumberland Island, Dungeness, on Quercus laurifolia, 14/06/1969, by R.J. Beshear. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The adult female of Quernaspis quercicola is an aberrant form of Quernaspis. The separation of the median lobes immediately separates it from all known North American species. It is further separated by the absence of pygidial macroducts in the submedian and submarginal series, and by the more pronounced asymmetrical club-like paraphysis which arises from the sclerotized ring around the orifice of the macroduct in the first interlobular space (Takagi & Howell, 1977).
Structure: Female scale elongate, oyster-shell shaped, exuviae terminal. Scale 2.0 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, white, but appearing gray because of extraneous material. Male scale white, smooth, elongate without a carina. Adult female 610-1114 µ long and 252-375 µ wide; body fusiform, widest across abdominal segments 3-4; free pygidial segments well lobed (Takagi & Howell, 1977).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tippins & Beshear (1970a) and Takagi & Howell (1977).