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Velataspis anasterias Ferris, 1937 (Diaspididae: Velataspis)

Velataspis anasterias Ferris 1937: SI-132. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Marathon, Tornillo Creek, on Acacia constricta, 1921, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Mytilococcus anasterias (Ferris, 1937); Lindinger 1943: 222. change of combination
Mytilaspis anasterias (Ferris, 1937); Borchsenius 1963: 1168. change of combination
Velataspis anasterias Ferris, 1937; McDaniel 1973: 400. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 4

McDani1973: pp.400 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Texas species of Velataspis]
Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446: 64 ( ) [Key to species of Velataspis] Key as: Velataspis anasterias

Systematics: Velataspis anasterias is unique in the absence of a row of minute, irregular, sclerotized points which are usually present across the ventral side of the head anterior to the antennae. The 2nd pygidial lobes are reduced to mere sclerotized points (McDaniel, 1973).
Structure: Scale whitish or gray-brown. Eyes mere sclerotized points, without the "star-fish" shaped developments of Velataspis mimosarum. Median lobes conspicuously large and broad; second lobes much reduced (Ferris, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1937).