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Tachardiella ingae (Hempel, 1900) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardia ingae Hempel 1900a: 415. Type data: BRAZIL: near river Moggy-guassu, on twigs of Inga.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Tachardiella ingae (Hempel, 1900); MacGillivray 1921: 154. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

KondoGu2011: pp.347-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Key Based on Adult Females to Separate Species of the Family Kerriidae Known to Occur in the New World]

Structure: Adult female scale subglobular, dorsum slightly flattened, with aperture in the centre. The lac [resin] is dull, shiny when the surface becomes rubbed, semitransparent, thick, brittle, light green with brown stripes. Some fine white filaments usually protrude from the dorsal orifice. The lac of many individuals usually unites to form a confused mass. Diameter 5.25 mm.; height 3.75 mm. Denuded of lac the insect is three-lobed.(Hempel, 1901)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Chamberlin (1923).