Palinaspis quohogiformis ( Merrill, 1923 )

Powell, Erin C., Halbert, Susan E., Deeter, Lily & Keller, Oliver, 2023, An annotated and illustrated catalog of the primary type material of Hemiptera deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Zootaxa 5355 (1), pp. 1-107 : 91-96

Palinaspis quohogiformis ( Merrill, 1923)

Targionia quohogiformis Merrill, 1923: 167

Syntype: 1 ♀ (1 slide). [front left label, on pink] Diaspididae / Palinaspis / quohogiformis/ (Merrill)/ COTYPE // [front right label] Miami, Fla./ 19 I 1920 / J. Chaffin/ on/ Bignonia/ speciosa/ (Blue trumpet)/ 6296 // [back left barcode label] FSCA 00071471 // [hw back right label, white with black border] Targionia / quohogiformis/ n. sp. / Host- Blue Trumpet/ (Bignonia speciosa)/ Miami, Fla/ coll. J. Chaffin/ 1-19-1920 / 6296 desc. G.B. Merrill/ 6295 [left side vertically] COTYPE [right side vertically] Bignonia/ speciosa/ M.HC.

Syntype: 2 ♀ (1 slide). [front left label, on pink] Diaspididae / Palinaspis / quohogiformis/ (Merrill)/ COTYPE // [front right label] Miami, Fla./ 19 I 1920 / J. Chaffin/ on/ Bignonia/ speciosa/ (blue trumpet)/ 6296 // [back left barcode label] FSCA 00071472 // [hw back right label, white with black border] Targionia / quohogiformis/ n.sp/ Host: Blue Trumpet/ (Bignonia speciosa)/ Miami, Florida / coll. J. Chaffin/ 1-19-1920 / 6296 desc. G.B. Merrill/ [right side vertically] COTYPE 6.S.U[?] [illegible].

Syntype: 2 ♀ (1 slide). [front left label, on pink] Diaspididae / Palinaspis / quohogiformis/ (Merrill)/ COTYPE // [front right label] Miami, Fla./ 19 I 1920 / J. Chaffin/ on/ Bignonia/ speciosa/ (blue trumpet)/ 6296 // [back left barcode label] FSCA 00071473 // [hw back right label, white with black border] Targionia / quohogiformis/ n. sp. / Host. Blue Trumpet/ (Bignonia speciosa)/ Miami, Florida / coll. J. Chaffin/ 1-19-1920 / 6296 desc. G.B. Merrill/ [left side vertically] COTYPE [right side vertically] S.P.B.

Conservation status: Good condition; slide-mounted (Balsam); FSCA 00071471 (Figs. 166a, b), FSCA 00071472 ( Figs. 167a–c ), FSCA 00071473 (Figs. 168a–c).

Additional notes: Originally described as Targionia quohogiformis Merrill, 1923 , and subsequently moved to Palinaspis quohogiformis ( Merrill, 1923) by Ferris (1941). According to Merril (1923), syntype slides were deposited with the U.S National Museum (USNM), Leland Stanford Junior University (now Stanford University), Massachusetts Agricultural College (now University of Massachusetts Amherst), State Plant Board of Florida (now FSCA), and the author’s collection. It is unknown how many syntype specimens were deposited at each institution.

Figures

FIGURES 167b–169a. Ventral view of 167b). Palinaspis quohogiformis (Merrill, 1923); Front and back of syntype slides of 167c). Palinaspis quohogiformis (Merrill, 1923); Ventral view of 168a). Palinaspis quohogiformis (Merrill, 1923); Ventral view of 168b). Palinaspis quohogiformis (Merrill, 1923); Front and back of syntype slides of 168c). Palinaspis quohogiformis (Merrill, 1923); Ventral view of 169a). Praecocaspis diversa Ferris, 1942. Scale bars 167b, 168a, 168b & 169a = 0.1 mm, Scale bars 167c & 168c = 1 cm.