Praelongorthezia Kozár, 2004

Vea, Isabelle M., 2014, Morphology of the males of seven species of Ortheziidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3812), pp. 1-36 : 24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3812.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598049
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scientific name	Praelongorthezia Kozár
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Praelongorthezia Kozár View in CoL

Praelongorthezia Kozár, 2004: 381 View in CoL . Type species: Orthezia praelonga Douglas, 1891 View in CoL .

COMMENTS: Because Praelongorthezia currently comprises 23 described species based on female morphology, the description of the adult male of P. praelonga acts for now as the generic diagnosis. The genus is classified in the tribe Ortheziini ( Kozár, 2004) with Insignorthezia , Graminorthezia , and Orthezia . Praelongorthezia was defined based on adult female morphology and distinguished from these other genera by “bands or rows of wax plates within ovisac” and “head of dorsum with sclerotized cephalic plates” ( Kozár, 2004: 271). Praelongorthezia has a Neartic and Neotropical distribution.