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Brimblecombia magnicauda (Brimblecombe, 1959) (Diaspididae: Brimblecombia)

Ancepaspis magnicauda Brimblecombe 1959b: 383. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Tara, on Acacia harpophylla, ?/08/1957, by L. Pedley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Also in QMBA is paratype number T5771. Illustr.
Brimblecombia magnicauda (Brimblecombe, 1959); Normark, et al. 2019: 60. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species resembles Ancepaspis novemdentata Ferris, but the caudal apex is not deeply fissured, and the spiracles are close and embodied in a subquadrate sclerotized plate (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
Structure: Adult female membranous, globular, sub-circular, with the cauda extending beyond the general body outline (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
Biology: Insects mostly single in cracks, crevices and bark scars on twigs and small branches (Brimblecombe, 1959b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Brimblecombe (1959b).