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Situlaspis daleae Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Situlaspis)

Situlaspis daleae Ferris 1941d: SIII-320. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Riverside County, foot of the mountains north of Indio, on Dalea sp., 1912, by J.C. Bridwell. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Systematics: Situlaspis daleae most closely resembles S. ruelliae, but in the latter the 2nd and 3rd pygidial lobes are prominent and strongly sclerotized and the pygidium is quite acute (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale irregular, but roughly circular, quite high convex, white, with exuviae central or subcentral and black. Slide-mounted adult female about 0.9 mm long, broadly turbinate. Anterior portion of the body, probably including the 1st abdominal segment, is very heavily sclerotized dorsally, less so ventrally, the remainder of the body being membranous except for the pygidium. Pygidium relatively short and broad. Median lobes quite small, 2nd lobes present but very low, 3rd lobes represented at the most by a low point. Dorsal setae at the bases of the lobes with scleroses of their sockets noticeably enlarged. Gland spines present only as minute points between the lobes and with one or two along the margin beyond the 3rd lobe; perivulvar pores lacking (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).