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Pelliculaspis durapyga Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Pelliculaspis)

Pelliculaspis durapyga Ferris 1941d: SIII-310. 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.
Anamefiorinia durapyga (Ferris, 1941); Lindinger 1957: 551. change of combination

Countries: 1

Systematics: Pelliculaspis durapyga is distinct in the pygidial structures of the 2nd stage and by the peculiar arrangement of the perivulvar pores in the adult female (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scales small and black, more or less concealed in bark irregularities. Scale composed of the heavily sclerotized 2nd exuviae which is overlain by the 1st exuviae and a thin film of secretion. Male scale slightly elongate, white, exuviae black. Slide-mounted adult female about 0.4 mm long, elongate oval with the posterior end of the abdomen narrower. Derm at full maturity tending to be slightly sclerotized throughout, with the apical portion of the abdomen very heavily sclerotized, this sclerotization involving not only the pygidium, but at least one prepygidial segment (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).