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Austrotachardia angulata (Froggatt, 1911) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Austrotachardia)

Tachardia angulata Froggatt 1911: 154. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Eden and Milton, on quince.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: The waxy secretion of the adult female forming the test is dark red to black in colour, broad at the base and coming up to blunt point at the apex, like a large rose thorn; viewed from above it is seen to be fluted, with four distinct ridges. The outer surface is smooth, with fine white filaments curling through the openings in the test. Height of test, a quarter of an inch. Diameter base, one-fifth of an inch (Froggatt, 1921b). Froggatt (1921b: 28) illustrated the external appearance of the female test.