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Aulacaspis kenyae (Hall, 1946) (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Phenacaspis kenyae Hall 1946: 66-68. Type data: KENYA: unknown Gramineous host, 03/04/1936, by F.B. Notley. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aulacaspis kenyae (Hall, 1946); Takagi 1985: 46. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The scale of Aulacaspis kenyae is similar to that of Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli, but the microscopic characters of the adult female differ in the lack of serrations on the inner surfaces of the median lobes, the greater number of the perivulvar pores an the presence of pairs of gland spines in the interlobular spaces (except between the median pair of lobes) (Hall, 1946).
Structure: Scale of adult female white, low, convex, so much broadened as to be subcircular with exuviae extending beyond the margin; texture thin, with sublying female faintly discernible; exuviae pale brown, masked by a thin film of white secretionary matter. Male scale white, parallel-sided, uncarinated, with yellow or very pale brown exuvia (Hall, 1946).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hall (1946).