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Praelongorthezia americana (Ortheziidae: Ortheziidae_incertae_sedis)

Orthezia americana Walker 1852: 1091. Type data: NORTH AMERICA: Presented by the Earl of Derby.. Unknown type status, unknown, incertae sedis (discovered by Morris1925, 110). Notes: Morrison (1925) states "the identity of this species is at present unknown, and from Walker's extremely brief description it can not be recognized as any one of the North American species discussed in this paper... the type of Orthezia americana is neither present in the British Museum, nor, so far as is known, in any other museum in Great Britain." He also states that most of the records for this species probably actually apply to O. solidaginis.
Praelongorthezia americana (Walker, 1852); Kozár 2004: 386. change of combination

Systematics: Unrecognizable species. Original description in two lines. Even the genus designation is unclear (Morrison, 1925).
General Remarks: Morrison (1925) notes that older distribution records under this name now belong to P. solidaginis.