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Africonidia africana (Newstead, 1913) (Diaspididae: Africonidia)

Gymnaspis africana Newstead 1913: 78. Type data: UGANDA: Tero Forest, on undetermined plant.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Cryptaspidiotus africanus (Newstead, 1913); Lindinger 1913: 73. change of combination
Neosignoretia africana (Newstead, 1913); MacGillivray 1921: 425. change of combination
Africonidia halli McKenzie 1947b: 111. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Durban, on Trichilia sp.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 316). Illustr.
Hallaspidiotus africana (Newstead, 1913); Mamet 1951: 218. change of combination
Africonidia africana (Newstead, 1913); Balachowsky 1954c: 78. change of combination Illustr.

Families: 5 | Genera: 6

Countries: 8

Structure: Female scale nude, with the exception of a small central area which is covered with the larval exuviae; ventral vellum very thin, circular in outline, about one-fourth the diameter of the scale and occupying a central position; in form it is highly convex and attenuated posteriorly; length 0.9-1 mm (Newstead, 1913). Scale covering of the female, oval, measuring approximately 1.1 mm. long, 0.8 mm. wide, deep red with blackish exuvium subcentral (McKenzie, 1947b).
Biology: Occurring on the leaves (McKenzie, 1947b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1913), McKenzie (1947b) (as A. halli), Mamet (1951) and by Balachowsky (1958b).