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Affirmaspis cederbergensis Schneider, 2013 (Diaspididae: Affirmaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Affirmaspis cederbergensis Schneider 2013: 809. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape, Cederberg Mts, 8 km NE Clanwilliam, 32°7'59.8794"S, 18°58'0.1194"E,, in nest galleries of M. emeryi from a branch of Maytenus oleoides, 5/19/2002, by D.O. Burge. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, Department of Entomology, California, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SchneiGiDo2013: pp.816-817 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of ant-associated armoured scale insects (adapted from Ben-Dov, 2010)]

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:785258DB-7A20-445B-8 F12-5B17B63741E3

  Adult females of A. cederbergensisare are most similar to Affirmaspis ehretiae but may be distinguished by the following suite of characteristics. The second lobes are triangular and are not notched as in A. ehretiae. There are no plates anterior to the third lobes. Pairs of cicatrices are present on the dorsal submargins of the prothorax and abdominal segment I. The dorsal pygidial macroducts have wider openings and the ducts are not as long and thin as those in A. ehretiae. The dorsal macroducts are also more numerous on the pygidium and have a distinctive patterning, with clusters of four to five on the dorsal submargin of abdominal segment IV and three to four on the submargin of III. (Schneider, et al., 2013)

• Structure: Features of scale covering unknown, all specimens of type series scale-less. Mounted on a microscope slide, body turbinate, 0.62-0.71mm long, widest at metathorax, 0.5-0.54mm wide. Pygidium with pair of well developed median lobes; second and third lobes represented by membranous points; third lobes sometimes absent. (Schneider, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Schneider, et al., 2013. The analysis of Schneider, et al., 2018 recovered three independent origins of ant association in Aspidiotini: 1. Melanaspis spp., 2. Morganella conspicua, and 3.Affirmaspis cederbergensis + Melissoaspis spp.

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