Eriococcus parvispinus Chaffin 1923: 169 Onceropyga parvispina (Chaffin) Ferris 1955: 213–214 Oregmopyga parvispina (Chaffin) Hoy 1963: 180 New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species Miller, Douglass R. Stocks, Ian C. Zootaxa 2022 2022-12-15 5221 1 1 213 (Chaffin) Miller & Stocks 2022 Miller & Stocks 2022 [151,569,834,861] Insecta Eriococcidae Ovaticoccus Animalia Hemiptera 147 148 Arthropoda species parvispinus comb. nov.      Eriococcus parvispinus Chaffin 1923: 169.    Onceropyga parvispina(Chaffin);  Ferris 1955: 213–214(change of combination).    Oregmopyga parvispina(Chaffin);  Hoy 1963: 180(change of combination).   Type material: The lectotypeof this species was designated by Miller and Miller (1993)and is deposited in the USNM; there is one additional paralectotypein the USNM. In addition, there are two paralectotypeslides; one contains two adult females and the other contains a single adult female (in FSCA). The justification for treating  Oregmopygaas a junior synonym of  Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above. The adult female of this species was described by Chaffin (1923), Ferris (1955), Miller and McKenzie (1967), and Miller and Miller (1993)and information from those papers is not repeated here.   Etymology:The species epithet “  parvispinus”is formed from the Latin word “ parvus”meaning “little” or “small” and the Latin word “ spina” meaning “spine” and probably refers to the small enlarged setae (spines) that occur on this species.  Notes:There is some question about the identity of the adult male mentioned by Chaffin (1923). The presence of two pairs of lateral caudal filaments is characteristic of males of mealybugs in the Phenacoccini and is not known to occur in eriococcid males. However, the body of the male is described as “bright carmine”, which would be more typical of an eriococcid. Several collections of specimens either the same as, or similar to, this species are available for study. In addition to the collections from Florida and Texas which are typical of the material described in Chaffin (1923), we have seen also series of specimens from the Bahamason orchid, Grand Turkon  Epidendrum, Mexico on  Beaucarneaand an unknown shrub, Oklahoma on grass, and Peruon  Capparis avicennifolia. The latter four collections are here included in  Ov. peruvianusbased on the reduced number of enlarged setae, but variation in other characters, and the diversity of hosts and wide geographic range are surprising for a single species. Morphological diversity includes differences in the abundance of enlarged setae, the distribution of cruciform pores and multilocular pores, and the arrangement of microtubular ducts. Unfortunately, we were unable to find sufficient morphological uniformity to convince us that there are more than two easily recognizable species within this possible complex of species. One species in the complex, other than  Ov. parvispinus,was described by Granara de Willink and Díaz (2007)as  Oregmopyga peruvianaand was distinguished by the lack of, or highly reduced number of, enlarged setae. It is treated here as a distinct species, i.e.,  Ov. peruvianus(see below). 4003024419 USNM 147 148 1 lectotype 4003024465 [250,838,1071,1097] USNM 147 148 1 paralectotype 4003024375 FSCA 147 148 3 paralectotype