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Serrataspis maculata Ferris, 1955 (Diaspididae: Serrataspis)

Serrataspis maculata Ferris 1955c: 31. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong, Yeung Kong, on Eugenia jambos, 01/04/1949, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female 1.0 mm long, body oval. Pygidium broad and rather short, its dorsal side in well-stained specimens marked by a number of oval, less sclerotized areas. Median lobes not zygotic, quite prominent and apically acute, notched on both mesal and lateral margins, quite widely separated (Ferris, 1955c).
Biology: Serrataspis maculata is associated with a Septobasidium fungus which forms a small soft brown and white ball over each scale appearing much like a species of the genus Lecanium or Ceroplastes (Ferris, 1955c).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1955c).