Revisão de Pseudoparlatoria (Hemiptera, Diaspididae)

Abstract

The armored scale insects of genus Pseudoparlatoria Cockerell, 1892 were revised through the exam of the type series, species obtained in the type-localities and available material in scientific collections. Pseudoparlatoria argentata Hempel, 1912; P. browni McKenzie, 1963; P. campinensis Lepage & Giannotti, 1946; P. carolilehmanni Balachowsky, 1959; P. caucae Balachowsky, 1959; P. circularis Lepage, 1942; P. constricta Fonseca, 1975; P. elongata Ferris, 1941; P. fusca Ferris, 1941; P. fusiformis Fonseca, 1969; P. lentigo Ferris, 1942; P. maculata Ferris, 1942; P. noacki Cockerell, 1898; P. occultata (Hempel, 1937); P. ostreata Cockerell, 1892; P. parlatorioides (Comstock, 1883); P. perparvula Ferris, 1942; P. pisai (Hempel, 1904); P. punctata Ferris, 1942; P. rossetae Fonseca, 1969; P. serrulata Townsend & Cockerell, 1898; P. subcircularis Balachowsky, 1959; P. tillandsiae Tippins, 1970; P. trimaculata Lepage & Giannotti, 1946; P. turgida Ferris, 1941 were redescribed. Pseudoparlatoria mammata (Ferris, 1941) and P. sculpta (Ferris, 1941) are new combinations. An identification key to species is provided.