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Vinculaspis mendicula (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Vinculaspis)

Trigonaspis mendicula Ferris 1941d: SIII-324. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, Armuelles, on undetermined tree, 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Vinculaspis mendicula (Ferris, 1941); Ferris 1942: SIV-423. change of combination
Cryptaspidus mendicula (Ferris, 1941); Lindinger 1957: 552. change of combination

Countries: 1

Systematics: The complete absence of perivulvar pores and dorsal ducts, combined with the absence of gland spines separates Vinculaspis mendicula from other species of this genus (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale composed of the 2nd exuviae which is covered with a thin film of wax and is sclerotized but not pigmented, the color being pale yellow. Male scale irregularly oval, with the exuviae near one side or one end, the whole of a pale yellow color. Slide-mounted adult female about 0.6 mm long, flattened, roughly circular with the pygidium and prepygidial abdominal segments produced. Pygidium with median lobes well developed, narrow, acute and quite widely separated and without a gland spine between them (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).