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Scytalaspis quadriclavata Ferris, 1955 (Diaspididae: Scytalaspis)

Scytalaspis quadriclavata Ferris 1955b: 24. Type data: MEXICO: Guerrero, neat Taxco, on undetermined host, by N. Couch. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Clavataspis quadriclavata (Ferris, 1955); Ferris 1955b: 24. change of combination Notes: The use of the combination Clavataspis quadriclavata was apparently an error as no such genus exists.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Scytalaspis quadriclavata resembles species of Andaspis in some respects, but can be separated from those by the position of the anal ring (Ferris, 1955b).
Structure: Character of female scale entirely obscured by intermingled hyphae of associated fungus. Slide-mounted adult female 1.0 mm long. Body elongate, expanding posteriorly, the abdominal segment, not strongly lobed laterally. Pygidium rather short, rounded apically. Median lobes alone present, well developed, set close together at the base, with a pair of small setae in the notch, the lobes parallel (Ferris, 1955b).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1955b).