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Velataspis cornigera Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Velataspis)

Velataspis cornigera Ferris 1941d: 326. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, David, on undetermined shrub, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Velataspis cornigera resembles V. dentata in the divided dorsal sclerotization of the pygidium, but differs in the ocular spines and in the absence of small spines or tubercles on the ventral side of the head between the antennae, there being in this species merely a few minute ducts in this region (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale grayish-brown, younger specimens slightly purplish. Male scale similar in form and texture. Slide-mounted adult female 1.0 mm long. Lateral cephalic margins slightly produced and each bearing a series of sclerotized points, of which one is directed forward, one posteriorly, with 4 or 5 smaller points directed laterally (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).