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Vinculaspis inclusa (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Vinculaspis)

Trigonaspis inclusa Ferris 1941d: SIII-322. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, Volcan de Chiriqui, on undetermined shrub. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Vinculaspis inclusa (Ferris, 1941); Ferris 1942: SIV-423. change of combination

Countries: 1

Systematics: The peculiar lobed body of the 2nd stage and the unusual antennae of the adult alone are sufficient to separate this species from others of the genus (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scale somewhat elongate ovoid, composed of sclerotized but translucent 2nd exuviae which is covered with a thin film of wax. Male scale elongate, firm, white with exuviae at anterior end. Adult female triangular with pygidium projecting from the base, membranous throughout except for slightly sclerotized pygidium. Median lobes well developed, triangular, sharply pointed, with their margins slightly serrate, the gland spine between them forked. 2nd lobe bilobed, both lobes being merely slightly serrate teeth. 3rd lobe merely a serrate marginal thickening. Antennae set very close to the anterior margin of the head, of very peculiar type, each consisting of 3 low mounds from each of which rises an acorn-shaped seta. Second stage female distinctive, due to the prolongation of the prepygidial abdominal segments into acute lobes (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: This species was collected at an altitude of 9000 feet (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).