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Pseudoparlatoria argentata Hempel, 1912 (Diaspididae: Pseudoparlatoria)

Pseudoparlatoria argentata Hempel 1912: 63-66. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Campinas, on Aglaia sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Secao de Entomologia Agricola do Instituto do Biologia Vegetal, Brazil; accepted valid name
Parlatoreopsis argentata (Hempel, 1912); Lizer y Trelles 1942: 234. change of combination
Pseudoparlatoria argentata Hempel, 1912; Wolff 2008: 292. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 11 | Genera: 11

Countries: 2

Wolff2008: pp.292 ( Adult (F) ) [Chave para identificação das espécies de Pseudoparlatoria, baseada nos caracteres de fêmeas adultas. (A key to species of Pseudoparlatoria, based on the characters of adult females)]

Systematics: Similar to Pseudoparlatoria constricta Fonseca with reduced marginal macroducts; submarginal macroducts much smaller than those on the margin, abdominal first segments; Pre-abdominal lobes and around the pygidium Pygidium differs by not showing constriction at the margin of the apical cephalothorax. (Wolff, 2008)
Structure: Female scale circular to subcircular, slightly flattened at anterior margin, hard, flat, black, with eccentric circle and marginal area transparent. Exuviae marginal, 1st small and light yellow, 2nd is large with transparent margin, remainder forming a black, triangular spot. Male scale similar, but more elongate, smaller. Adult female subcircular, light yellow or white, posterior margin rounded. Pygidium with 5 groups of circumgenital glands (Hempel, 1912).
Biology: P. argentata was most abundant on the underside of the leaf. Due to the high infestation, these insects could impair the photosynthesis process of the plant, as the leaf surfaces were almost completely covered by scale insects (Castro, et al. 2020a)
General Remarks: Redescription in Portugese in Wolff, 2008.