Van Dam A. R., May B., A new species of Dactylopius Costa (Dactylopius gracilipilus sp. nov.) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) from the Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, U.S.A., Zootaxa, 2012, 3573(1):33-39, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3573.1.3
A description of Dactylopius gracilipilus from the Chihuahuan Desert in Texas. It includes a microscopic diagnosis of females, a comparison with related scale insects and data on its association with plants identified in the paper as Corynopuntia.