Ovaticoccus peninsularis (Ferris) rev. comb.

Fonscolombia peninsularis Ferris 1921: 66, 78.

Pseudochermes peninsularis (Ferris); Lindinger 1933b: 31-32, 50 (change of combination).

Gymnococcus peninsularis (Ferris); Ferris 1955: 188 (change of combination).

Ovaticoccus peninsularis (Ferris); Boratynski 1958: 174 (change of combination).

Oregmopyga peninsularis (Ferris); Miller and McKenzie 1967: 501-503 (change of combination).

Etymology: The species epithet “ peninsularis ” is named for the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, where it was first collected.

The justification for treating Oregmopyga as a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus,leading to this revised combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above. The adult female was described in detail by Ferris (1921) and Miller and McKenzie (1967) and is not repeated here. No additional specimens have been collected of this species since the original description of Ferris (1921).