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Andaspis spinosa Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Andaspis)

Andaspis spinosa Williams & Watson 1988: 33. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Port Moresby, on Ficus sp., 03/09/1959, by T. Maa. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BPBM and BMNH. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WilliaWa1988: pp.29 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis of the Tropical South Pacific]

Systematics: Andaspis spinosa, with slender dorsal ducts resembling microducts, is distinct in having the eyes modified into robust thorn-like spines directed anteriorly (Williams & Watson, 1988).
Structure: Scale of adult female elongate, dusty brown, exuviae yellow-brown. Slide-mounted specimens up to 1.0mm long, elongate-oval, widest at 1st abdominal segment, head and pygidium rounded, body membranous except for pygidium (Williams & Watson, 1988).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

WilliaWa1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 29, 33-34
WongChCh1999: distribution, illustration, 20, 60