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Africaspis chipingae Hall, 1941 (Diaspididae: Africaspis)

Africaspis chipingae Hall 1941: 223-225. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Chipinga, Mt. Selinda road, on Uapaca kirkiana, 30/06/1939. 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.3 ( 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 very much reduced number of the dorsal pores and the more triangular shape of the pygidium (Hall, 1941). It also resembles Cameronaspis orchidarum but can be distinguished from it by the shape of the median lobes and in having fewer parastigmatic pores associated with the anterior spiracles. This species is only known from its original record (Munting, 1967).
Structure: Cover of adult female with the surface tissues of the bark so incorporated as to render it only distinguishable with difficulty. The inner surface of the dorsal scale is a dirty white overlaid with a chocolate or reddish brown layer whilst the exposed surface exhibits the texture and reddish brown, brown or greyish brown nature of the bark in its immediate vicinity. The cover is elongate, much broadened posteriorly, with brown exuvia situated terminally; it is moderately convex and it is this convexity which enables the puparia to be detected. Ventral scale either not apparent or, if present, very poorly developed (Hall, 1941).
Biology: This species was collected with Dinaspis mashonae (Hall, 1941).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall (1941).