Valid Names Results

Contigaspis naudei Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae: Contigaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Contigaspis naudei Hall 1946a: 509. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Zululand, Port Durnford, on Cassia mimosoides, 20/12/1926, by P.C. Kotze. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BorchsWi1963a: pp.595 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Contigaspis]
• Hall1946a: pp.510 ( ) [Key to Ethiopian species of Contigaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Contigaspis naudei can be differentiated from other members of Contigaspis by the small number of dorsal ducts on the pygidial margin and the sclerotized patch at the base of the median lobes (Borchsenius & Williams, 1963a).
• Structure: Scale of adult female small, white, with a smooth rather glossy surface that is often partially obscured by extraneous matter, moderately to highly convex and moderately broadened posteriorly. Exuviae pale lemon colored. Ventral scale very thin, remaining on host. Male scale very small with more or less parallel sides and apparently with a median carina only. Adult female broadly oval (Hall, 1946a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by (Hall, 1946a).

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