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Aspidiotus furcillae Brain, 1918 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Aspidiotus furcillae Brain 1918: 119. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal, Pretoria, on Acacia horrida; collected by C.P. Lounsbury, September 20, 1914.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,38). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Octaspidiotus furcillae (Brain, 1918); MacGillivray 1921: 396. change of combination
Abgrallaspis furcillae (Brain, 1918); Balachowsky 1956: 16. change of combination
Aspidiotus furcillae Brain, 1918; Normark, Morse, Krewinski & Okusu 2014: 44. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale small, about 1mm diameter, circular, roundly arched, sordid white in fresh material, but when older appearing dark brown to blackish brown with rich red brown exuviae. The true colour of the scale is rarely seen, as nearly all specimens are partly or wholly covered with the outer layers of bark of the host plant. The exuviae are central or nearly so (Brain, 1918).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918) and by Balachowsky (1958b).