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Umbaspis regularis brasiliensis Fonseca, 1969 (Diaspididae: Umbaspis)

Umbaspis regularis brasiliensis Fonseca 1969: 33-35. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Siqueira Campos, on undetermined host, ?/1/1966, by J. Fonseca. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Umbaspis regularis brasiliensis is similar to U. regularis, but differs in the presence of a depression on the margin anterior to the cephalothorax, in the presence of 8-13 glandular parastigmatic pores and in the presence of 23-25 microducts on the first prepygial segment (Fonseca, 1969).
Structure: Female scale perfectly circular, slightly convex with lightly depressed margins, white; exuviae medium brown-dark; second exuviae almost perfectly circular, occupying a little more than one-third the total area of the scale. Adult female circular, pygidium with 4 pairs of lobes (Fonseca, 1969).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Fonseca (1969).