Lepidosaphes gloverii

Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869) (Fig. 5) Glover scale Hosts in FSCA. Celastraceae: Euonymus japonicus Thunb. (1), Euonymus sp. (1); Lauraceae: Tamala borbonia (L.) Raf. (1)*; Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava L. (1); Polygonaceae: Coccoloba diversifolia Jacq. (1)*; Rutaceae: Aeglopsis chevalieri Swingle (1)*, Casimiroa edulis La Llave (1)*, × Citrofortunella sp. (1)*, Citrus × aurantifolia (12), Citrus × aurantium (29), Citrus × limon (3), Citrus × microcarpa Bunge (2)*, Citrus reticulata (8), Citrus sp. (33), Citrus trifoliata L. (1), Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels (2)*, Clausena excavata Burm.f. (1)*, Zanthoxylum fagara (L.) Sarg. (1)*. Notes. A species common in Florida, it is most frequently found on citrus. Lepidosaphes gloverii is similar to L. serrifrons by having a narrow body and by lacking cicatrices. They differ (character states of L. serrifrons are given in parentheses) by having: spiculae on the head absent (spiculae in the form of conspicuous, acute projections of the cuticle present on margin of head); lateral spurs on the anterior abdominal segments (lateral spurs lacking); and a small dorsal duct anterior to L2 (without a small dorsal macroduct anterior to L2). For a comparison of L. gloverii with L. laterochitinosa see the “Notes” section of the latter.