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Africaspis caffra (Brain, 1920) (Diaspididae: Africaspis)

Chionaspis caffra Brain 1920: 97. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, The Thorns, on Acacia sp., 20/09/1915, by C.P. Lounsbury. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Duplachionaspis caffra (Brain, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 333. change of combination
Africaspis caffra (Brain, 1920); Hall 1946a: 501. change of combination
Poliaspis caffra (Brain, 1920); Lindinger 1957: 544. change of combination
Africaspis caffra (Brain, 1920); Munting 1967: 8-9. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

BenDov1973a: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the species of Africaspis]
Muntin1967: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the world species of Africaspis MacG.]
Hall1946a: pp.501 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Africaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Duplachionaspis] Key as: Duplachionaspis caffra

Structure: Scale of adult female about 2mm long, narrow, but gradually widening to near the posterior end, where it is flattened and broadly rounded, straight or slightly curved. Exuviae brown; second exuviae covered. Male cover small, white, with orange exuviae; generally non-carinate, sometimes faintly tri-carinate. Adult female mounted, about 1.4mm long, narrow in front, then gradually widening to some distance behind the middle; anterior part of body and median parts of the anterior abdominal segments considerably chitinised; abdominal segments not rounded, nor produced at the margin. Antennal tubercles small, each with one very stout spine. L1 close together, inner margin slanting slightly outward, crenulate. L2 small, roundly conical (Brain, 1920).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Brain (1920). Redescription and illustration by Munting (1967).