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Africaspis baphiae Hall, 1943 (Diaspididae: Africaspis)

Africaspis baphiae Hall 1943: 1-2. Type data: ZIMBABWE: at the 60 mile peg from Bulawayo, on the road to Victoria Falls, on Baphia racemosa, 2/07/1940. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

BenDov1973a: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the species of Africaspis]
Muntin1967: pp.2 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the world species of Africaspis MacG.]
Hall1946a: pp.501 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Africaspis]

Systematics: This species is close to Africaspis chionaspiformis from which it differs in the nature of the median lobes which in A. chionaspiformis have a deep lateral notch and no sign of lateral serrations. The dorsal pores on the pygidium are also relatively smaller than in the case of A. chionaspiformis, fewer and with a more regular arrangement (Hall, 1943).
Structure: Cover of adult female white, elongated and moderately broadened posteriorly. Larval exuviae pale brown, nymphal exuviae deep orange, but covered by a thin film of white secretionary matter. Secretionary appendix white, smooth, with no transverse striations. Ventral scale thin, remaining attached to the host plant, although in some specimens a narrow band remains attached round the anterior margin. On some twigs the specimens were of an uniform very dark brown, almost black, color due apparently to incorporated extraneous matter (Hall, 1943).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall (1943).