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Augulaspis diosmae (Brain, 1920) (Diaspididae: Augulaspis)

Chionaspis (Dinaspis) diosmae Brain 1920: 101. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Wellington, on Diosma crenata, ?/11/1904, by C.P. van der Merwe. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,37). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name
Versiculaspis diosmae (Brain, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 364. change of combination
Trichomytilus diosmae (Brain, 1920); Lindinger 1934: 64. change of combination
Chionaspis diosmae Brain, 1920; Ferris 1936a: 23. change of combination
Augulaspis diosmae (Brain, 1920); Matile-Ferrero 1974: 647. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Matile1974: pp.650 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Augulaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.364 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Versiculaspis] Key as: Versiculaspis diosmae

Structure: Adult female scale about 2.2mm long, comparatively broad, moderately convex, silky in appearance, with conspicuous growth lines. First exuviae yellow; second exuviae brownish, covered by a dense layer of secretion similar to remainder of scale. The layer covering the second exuviae is very easily removed and carries the small first exuviae with it. Owing to this fact many of the specimens appear to have brownish, shining pellicles. Adult female about 1.6mm long and .8mm broad; widest about middle and narrowing to each end. Body moderately chitinised. The pygidial margin is quite different from that of any other species. The median notch is angular, with narrow straight thickened margins, below which the median lobes project (Brain, 1920).
Biology: Adult female viviparous (Brain, 1920).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Brain (1920) and Hall (1946a).