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Aspidiotus rhusae (Brain, 1919) (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Aonidia rhusae Brain 1919: 215. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town, on Rhus sp.; collected by C. Fuller 1898.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aonidia simplex; Brain 1919: 214. misidentification (discovered by Muntin1965a, 185). Illustr.
Cryptaspidiotus rhois (Brain, 1919); Lindinger 1931a: 43. change of combination
Cryptaspidiotus rhois (Brain, 1919); Lindinger 1931a: 43. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Borchs1966, 364).
Aonidia rhusae Brain, 1919; Balachowsky 1958b: 238. revived combination (previously published)
Aspidiotus rhusae (Brain, 1919); Normark, et al. 2019: 60. change of combination

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale of adult female about 1.5 mm. long, brown, or blackish brown, owing to the black second stage skin showing through the brownish dorsal scale. The dorsal scale is comparatively large and robust, brownish in colour, probably from the admixture of epidermal tissues. Exuviae central, dark brown. Male scale almost circular to elongate oval, somewhat conical, smooth, parchment-like, buff, or brownish with dark brown central exuviae (Brain, 1919).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1919) and by Balachowsky (1958b).