Valid Names Results

Diaspis parasiti McKenzie, 1947 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis parasiti McKenzie 1947b: 108. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Riverside County, San Jacinto, on Phoradendron flavescens, 23/12/1946, by R.P. Allen. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• mistletoe scale Borchs1966

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1997: pp.125 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Diaspis]
• McKenz1956: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Diaspis Costa]
• McKenz1947b: pp.108 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Diaspis parasiti is closely related to D. ferrisi, differing chiefly by having much larger and broader median lobes which are rounded apically, whereas in D. ferrisi these structures are small, narrow and pointed apically, forming a distinct median notch. D. parasiti also resembles D. texensis, but may be separated by the possession of a submarginal cluster of dorsal macroducts on the first abdominal segment, the presence of a distinct sclerotized prosomal lateral lobe and a greater number of anterior lateral perivulvar pores (McKenzie, 1947b).
• Structure: Female scale circular, 1.5 mm in diameter, light brown with exuviae central. Male scale elongate, similar in color, but smaller, exuviae near one end (McKenzie, 1947b).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by McKenzie (1947b).

Illustrations

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