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

Chionaspis scutiae Brain 1920: 95. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Naauwpoort, on Scutia indica, ?/09/1907, by C.P. Lounsbury. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,40). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Contigaspis scutiae (Brain, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 354. change of combination
Africaspis scutiae (Brain, 1920); Hall 1946a: 502. change of combination
Pinnaspis scutiae (Brain, 1920); Lindinger 1957: 544. change of combination
Africaspis scutiae (Brain, 1920); Munting 1967: 27-29. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

BenDov1973a: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the species of Africaspis]
Muntin1967: pp.2 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the world species of Africaspis ]
Hall1946a: pp.502 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Africaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.354 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Contigaspis] Key as: Contigaspis scutiae

Systematics: This species differs from other congeneric species in the small size of the gland spines (Munting, 1967).
Structure: Scale of adult female about 2mm long, moderately broadened behind, convex, usually curved, white, not glossy, but with conspicuous growth lines; exuviae orange-brown. Color of the second exuviae is only slightly obscured by a faint secretionary covering. Cover of male comparatively large, white, non-carinate, with yellow or orange exuviae (Brain, 1920).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Brain (1920). Redescription and illustration by Munting (1967).