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Lapazia obtecta (Ferris, 1921) (Diaspididae: Lapazia)

Lepidosaphes obtecta Ferris 1921: 116-118. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California Sur, La Paz, on Atriplex sp., Fouquieria peninsularis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lapazia obtecta (Ferris, 1921); Ferris 1937: SI-69. change of combination Illustr.
Mytilococcus obtecta (Ferris, 1921); Lindinger 1943b: 222. change of combination

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lapazia obtecta is unique in the few and scattered dorsal ducts, which do not extend past the 6th segment; the undivided 2nd lobes, the few and small gland spines with their very long and slender ducts and the position of the anal opening, which is well toward the anterior margin of the pygidium (Ferris, 1937).
Structure: Adult female about .75 mm long, elongate oval, tapering posteriorly, derm membranous throughout except for the pygidium, the greater part of the body occupied by the cephalothorax. Margins of the abdominal segments projecting but little, without gland spines but with numerous small ducts. Pygidium rounded, bearing two or perhaps three pairs of lobes. Median pair quite large with a deep notch on the outer margin, separated by a small space in which are two small gland spines (Ferris, 1921).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ferris (1921).