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Parlatoria piceae Takagi, 1956 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Parlatoria piceae Takagi 1956a: 45-47. Type data: JAPAN: Hokkaido, Sapporo, on Picea excelsa, 26/02/1956, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Parlatoreopsis piceae (Takagi, 1956); Kawai 1972: 22. change of combination
Parlatoria piceae Takagi, 1956; Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 330. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Countries: 1

Systematics: Parlatoria piceae is elongate like P. camelliae, P. crotonis or P. mytilaspiformis. In this respect and in the pygidial characters, this species resembles P. camelliae, but may be distinguished by the absence of rudimentary eye spots and the 4th lobe not represented as an angular sclerotized spine. It should also be mentioned that P. piceae is quite different from P. parlatoriae Šulc, which occurs on Picea or other coniferous hosts in Europe (Takagi, 1956a).
Structure: Female scale elongate, almost parallel on lateral margins, dull yellow, thin and almost translucent; exuviae terminal, ovate, flat with a median longitudinal carina, golden yellow, translucent, 2.5 mm long at maximum. Adult female body elongate-oval, broadest in 1st abdominal segment or thoracic region; prosoma equal to postsoma in length; segmentation distinct, 1.0 mm long, 0.5 mm wide. Pygidium small, pygidial margin being round. Lobes in 3 pairs, well developed, all almost equal in size (Takagi, 1956a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1956a).