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Affirmaspis ehretiae (Brain, 1918) (Diaspididae: Affirmaspis)

Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) ehretiae Brain 1918: 127. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Cookhouse, on Ehretia hottentotica; collected by A. Kelly, 13.iii.1915.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,37). Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Affirmaspis ehretiae (Brain, 1918); MacGillivray 1921: 449. change of combination
Diclavaspis ehretiae (Brain, 1918); Balachowsky 1956: 100. change of combination
Affirmaspis ehretiae (Brain, 1918); Schneider, Giliomee, Dooley & Normark 2013: 809. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Countries: 3

Structure: Female scale about 2 mm. in diameter, almost circular; greyish buff to brownish grey in colour, but often obscured by fragments of bark from the host plant; the margins are depressed and the central portion raised, almost conical, with the highest portion occupied by the covered exuviae; the portion of the scale covering the second exuviae is smoother than the remainder of the secreted scale and the pale brown exuviae are slightly visible; in the centre is a small greyish or slate-coloured area, with a central white dot surrounded by a distinct shining ring of opaque white; this ring is particularly prominent in the young and male scales; ventral scale white, extremely delicate, remaining attached to the host plant. Male scale about 1 mm. long, and 0.6 mm. broad, of similar colour to that of the female scale (Brain, 1918).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918) and by Balachowsky (1956).