A new invasive Lepidosaphes armored scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) for Florida: first records, natural enemies, and an identification key Author Evans, Erin C. Powell Mark Zenoble Douglass R. Miller Benjamin B. Normark Gregory A. text Insecta Mundi 2024 2024-09-27 2024 73 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.14662496 1942-1354 14662496 1F9EE396-B0B9-4FF6-BC12-D8477154546B Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869) ( Fig. 5 ) Glover scale Hosts in FSCA. Celastraceae : Euonymus japonicus Thunb. (1), Euonymus sp. (1); Lauraceae : Tamala borbonia (L.) Raf. (1)*; Myrtaceae : Psidium guajava L. (1); Polygonaceae : Coccoloba diversifolia Jacq. (1)*; Rutaceae : Aeglopsis chevalieri Swingle (1)*, Casimiroa edulis La Llave (1)*, × Citrofortunella sp. (1)*, Citrus × aurantifolia (12), Citrus × aurantium (29), Citrus × limon (3), Citrus × microcarpa Bunge (2)*, Citrus reticulata (8), Citrus sp. (33), Citrus trifoliata L. (1), Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels (2)*, Clausena excavata Burm.f. (1)*, Zanthoxylum fagara (L.) Sarg. (1)*. Notes. A species common in Florida , it is most frequently found on citrus. Lepidosaphes gloverii is similar to L . serrifrons by having a narrow body and by lacking cicatrices. They differ (character states of L . serrifrons are given in parentheses) by having: spiculae on the head absent (spiculae in the form of conspicuous, acute projections of the cuticle present on margin of head); lateral spurs on the anterior abdominal segments (lateral spurs lacking); and a small dorsal duct anterior to L2 (without a small dorsal macroduct anterior to L2). For a comparison of L . gloverii with L . laterochitinosa see the “Notes” section of the latter.