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Map XXXIV. Distribution of Saissetia coffee.


NATURAL ENEMIES: Some of the parasites
listed in Peck (1963) and Krombein et al. (1979)
are as follows: Coccophagus immaculatus
Howard, FL; C. lycimnia Walker,
cosmopolitan; C. ochraceus Howard, LA; C.
scutellaris (Dalman), FL; Encyrtus fuscus
(Howard), AL; Metaphycus helvolus Compere,
CA; Microterys flavus (Howard), FL; Scutellista
cyanea Motschulsky, cosmopolitan. The most
important parasite of S. coffeae in the U. S. and
Chile is Metaphycus helvolus (Bartlett in Clausen
ed. 1978). Scutellista cyanea is a very common
parasite of S. coffeae in Florida (Krombein et al.
1979).
REMARKS: In the field, S. coffeae can be
separated from other species of Saissetia in
Florida by the absence of the H-shaped ridges on
fully mature females, which are present in other
species. In slide mounted material, the tubular
ducts with expanded filaments and dorsal clear
areas (not cell-like) will separate it from all
others in Florida.
MATERIAL STUDIED: FLORIDA: Bonita
Springs, 1(1), Zamia floridana, 17-1-1980, K.
Delate; Ft. Lauderdale, 1(1), Phalaenopsis X
'Gertrude Beard', 13-V-1977, K. L. Tyson; 1(1),
Gardenia jasminoides, 20-IX-1979, K. Tyson;
Ft. Pierce, 1(1), Citrus sinensis, 27-VI-1978, S.
P. Beidler; Gainesville, 1(1), Polypodium
phyllitidis, 9-X-1979, C. Riherd; Dantana, 1(1),


Monstera deliciosa, 9-X-1979, D. Clinton;
Miami, 1(1), Manilkara zapota, 9-X-1979, G.
Gwin; N. Miami, 1(1), Polypodium
polypodoides, 6-II-1978, M. Corman; West Palm
Beach, 1(1), Dizygotheca elegantissima,
24-IV-1979, J. E. Bennett.



 SAISSETIA MIRANDA
 (Cockerell & Parrott)

SYNONYMS: Lecanium oleae mirandum
 Cockerell & Parrott, in Cock-
 erell 1899c:12
 Saissetia oleae miranda (Cocker-
 ell & Parrott), Fernald 1903:
 206
 Saissetia oleae (Bernard), San-
 ders 1909:440 (misidentifica-
 tion)
 Saissetia miranda (Cockerell &
 Parrott), DeLotto 1969a:419
COMMON NAME: Mexican black scale
FIELD DESCRIPTION: Adult female brown to
blackish brown, oval to nearly round, surface
rough and convex with dorsal H-shaped ridge,
and small specks of clear wax (Fig. 85).
DESCRIPTION: (Fig. 86) Adult females 1.5-5.0
mm long, 1.2-4.5 mm wide. DoRsuM-Derm
with cell-like clear areas, each clear area with
single pore. Body setae (Fig. 86, A) conical. Sub-
marginal tubercles (Fig. 86, B) 12 to 20 around