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Diaspidiotus yomae Munting, 1971 (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Diaspidiotus yomae Munting 1971: 137. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal, Christiana, on Diospyros sp.; collected 11.iii.1967.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is similar to Diaspidiotus makii (Kuwana) from Japan, as redesribed by Takagi (1958). It differs from makii, however, in having a smaller anal opening, no plates between the median lobes and the mesal margins of the median lobes divergent.. (Munting, 1971)
Structure: Female scale small, about 0.75 mm in diameter; hidden in cracks in the bark of host and varying in shape accordingly (Munting, 1971).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Munting (1971).