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berlesei (Howard). D. C. s. to Fla., w. to La. Host: Melanaspis obscura (Comst.), 

 Pseitdaulacaspis pentagona (Targ.-Tozz.). 

 Prospalta berlesei Howard, 1906. Ent. News 17 (8): 291-293. 9. 



Taxonomy: Silvestri, 1908. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 3: 22-28. -Masi, 1908. Lab. 

 Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 3: 143-146. —Flanders, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53 (5): 757. 

 — Ferriere, 1961. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 34 (3): 256, 261-263. 



Biology: Baker, 1933. U. S. Dept. Agr., Cir. 295: 8-9. -Gireau, 1956. Phytoma 82: 29. 

 -Benassy, 1957. Entomophaga 2 (4): 283. — Benassy, 1958. Ann. Epiphyt. 9 (C): 459. 

 -Benassy, 1961. Ann. Epiphyt. 12 (C): 127. 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 39: 66. 

 brasiliensis (Hempel). Fla. Host: Aleurotlirixus floccosus (Mask.). 



Prospalta brasiliensis Hempel, 1904. Bol. da Agr. Sao Paulo (ser. 5) 1: 20-21. 9. 

 citrella Howard. Fla., Ariz., Calif. Host: Aleuroplatus coronatus Quaint, Kermes sp. on 

 Quercus undiilata. 

 Prospaltella citrella Howard, 1908. Ent. See. Amer., Ann. 1 (4): 282-283. 9. 

 diaspidicola Silvestri. Mass. s. to Va., w. to 111., Tex. Host: Quadraspidiotus pemiciosus 

 (Comst.). 

 Prospaltella diaspidicola Silvestri, 1909. Real Accad. dei Lincei (ser. 5): 18 (11): 564-565. 

 9. 



Taxonomy: Flanders, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53 (5): 757 (questionable synonym of berlesei 

 (Howard)). 

 elongata Dozier. La. w. to Calif. Host: Lepidosaplies gloveri (Pack.). 



Prospaltella elongata Dozier, 1937. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 21 (2): 128-129. 9. 

 fasciata Malenotti. D. C. s. to Fla., w. to Tex. Host: Canilaspis visci (Schraeder), 

 Pseudaonidia duplex (CklL). 

 Prospaltella fasciata Malenotti, 1916. Redia 12 (1-2): 195-196. 9. 



Taxonomy: Ferriere, 1961. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 34 (3): 255, 259-260. 



Biology: Benassy and Bianchi, 1960. Entomophaga 5 (2): 168. 

 fasciativentris Girault. Mich., 111. Host: Chionaspis furfura (Fitch), Diaspidiotus aesculi 

 (Johns.), Quadraspidiotus forbesi (Johns.), Q. juglansregiae (Comst.), Q. pemiciosus 

 (Comst.). 

 Prospaltella fasciativentris Girault, 1908. Psyche 15 (6): 117-120. 9. 

 forbesi Dozier. Del. Host: Quadras pidiotits forbesi (Johns.). 



Prospaltella forbesi Dozier, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30 (2): 37-38. 9. 

 murtfeldtiae (Howard). D. C. w. to Mo., Ark. Host: Diaspidiotus uvae (Comst.), 

 Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targ.-Tozz.), Quadraspidiotus forbesi (Johns.). 

 Prospalta murtfeldtiiil) Howard, 1894. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 7 (1): 6-7. 9. 

 peltata (Cockerell). Colo. Host: Aleyrodes pniinosa euphorbiarum Ckll. 



Mimatomus peltatus Cockerell, 1911. Ent. News 22 (10): 464. 9. 

 perniciosi Tower. N. Y. s. to Va., w. to Kans., Calif. Host: Lepidosaphes ulmi (L.), 

 Quadraspidiotus pemiciosus (Comst.). 

 Prospaltella perniciosi Tower, 1913. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 6 (1): 125-126. 3, 9. 



Taxonomy: Ferriere, 1961. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 34 (3): 266-267. 



Biology: Tower, 1914. Jour. Econ. Ent. 7 (6): 422. —Tower, 1914. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 7 (3): 

 249. —Rice, 1937. Abs. Ph. D. Diss., Ohio St. Univ., pp. 267-278. —Flanders, 1939. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 32 (6): 890. —Flanders, 1944. Science 100 (2591): 168. —Flanders, 1944. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 37 (1): 105. — DeBach, 1953. Jour. Econ. Ent. 46 (6): 1103. -Clausen, 1956. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 124. —Flanders, 1956. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 

 33: 23. — Chumakova, 1957. Zool. Zhur. 36 (4): 534. —Benassy and Bianchi, 1960. 

 Entomophaga 5 (2): 168. —Flanders, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53 (5): 757. — Popova, 1962. 

 Biol. Control Agr. Pests and Diseases 1: 147-176. —Chumakova and Goryunova, 1963. Ent. 

 Rev. 42 (2): 178-181. -Sorokina, 1971. Ent. Rev. 50 (3): 311, 315, 316. -Huffaker, 1971. 



