Valid Names Results

Africaspis gala Munting, 1967 (Diaspididae: Africaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Africaspis gala Munting 1967: 21-23. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Rustenburg, on Acacia karroo, 20/11/1963, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• 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]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is close to Africaspis caffra, but differs in the difference in shape of the median lobes and the more numerous simple gland spines accompanying the broad plate-like structures on the pygidial segments (Munting, 1967).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1967).

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