3543
Author
Kaydan, M. B.
Author
Gullan, P. J.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-11-07
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65
journal article
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Ferrisia multiformis
Granara de Willink
(
Fig. 15
)
Ferrisia multiformis
Granara de Willink, 1991
a: 181
.
This
species was described and illustrated by
Granara de Willink (1991)
from
Parthenium
(Asteraceae)
in
Argentina
based on the
holotype
and
10 paratype adult
females (housed in
IMLA
,
BMNH
and
USNM
). We found no specimens of this species among the unidentified
South American
material that we examined. We examined the
two paratype specimens
housed in the USNM and noted the following diagnostic features: both pairs of ostioles are present, multilocular disc pores are present only posterior to the vulva, the dorsal enlarged tubular ducts never number more than two, the hind trochanter + femur is less than 300 µm long, with a ratio of hind trochanter + femur to tibia + tarsus of about 1.1, and the antennae are each about 400 µm long
.
We have modified the original illustration of the adult female of this species (
Fig. 15
) based on examination of the
paratypes
in the USNM. The original drawing showed oral-collar tubular ducts dorsally, but this appears to be an error, possibly resulting from interpreting large discoidal pores as the openings of ducts.