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Aspidoproctus tricornis (Newstead, 1912) (Monophlebidae: Aspidoproctus)

Lophococcus mirabilis tricornis Newstead 1912: 16. Type data: NAMIBIA (=SOUTH WEST AFRICA): Damaraland, Okahandja, host plant not indicated.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Berlin: Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany; accepted valid name
Aspidoproctus tricornis (Newstead, 1912); Brain 1915: 182. change in status (level)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 4

Watson2022: pp.335 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidoproctus in eastern and southern Africa]

Structure: Adult female, dark castaneous, external surface faintly polished. Form roughly hemispherical with three enormous horn-like projections on the dorsum, arranged transversely in the form of a trident; the middle one, the longest, measures 7 mm, from base tip and is equal to the width of the body at the margin; lateral horns 3.5 mm long, project considerably beyond the sides of the body; all the horns are rather flat at the base but have rounded ends; margin strongly and irregularly crenulated, the prominences being bluntly spinose (Brain, 1915).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1912) and by Brain (1915).