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Tachardiella parva (Hempel, 1900) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardia parva Hempel 1900a: 413. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Cochoeira and Ypiranga, on a tree of Myrtaceae.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Tachardiella parva (Hempel, 1900); MacGillivray 1921: 154. change of combination
Tachardiella (Tachardiella) parva (Hempel, 1900); Chamberlin 1923: 184. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

KondoGu2011: pp.347-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Key Based on Adult Females to Separate Species of the Family Kerriidae Known to Occur in the New World]

Structure: The younger females have a test of brown lac, elongate, with a tubercle in the middle of the dorsum and three processes on the lateral margin on each side. In the older specimens, the test is globular and of an orange-brown color. Specimens varying from 2.00-2.75 mm. long and 1.25-2 mm. high. The female, denuded of wax, has three conspicuous lobes on each side. (Kondo & Gullan, 2011)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Chamberlin (1923). Description of adult female by Hempel (1901).