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Epidiaspis praecepta Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)

Epidiaspis praecepta Ferris 1941d: SIII-283. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Boquete, from 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.
Pseudoparlatorea praecepta (Ferris, 1941); Lindinger 1957: 548. change of combination

Countries: 1

Systematics: According to Ferris (1941d), this is a very extreme member of the genus Epidiaspis and were it not for the connecting link furnished by Epidiaspis tuta, and the presence of the perivulvar pores it could very well be referred to the genus Situlaspis, which is closely related to Epidiaspis. It shares with E. tuta the reduction in the number of dorsal pygidial ducts, but differs from that species in the absence of the pygidial spur, in the distinct separation of the median lobes, and the distinct development and sclerotization of the second lobes.
Structure: Female scale circular, flat, thin, white. Female 0.8 mm long, derm slightly sclerotized in cephalic region (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).