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Diaspis casuarinae Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis casuarinae Williams & Watson 1988: 104-105. Type data: NEW CALEDONIA: Plume Farm, on Casuarina sp., 31/05/1928, by T.D.A. Cockerell. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH and BPBM. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WilliaWa1988: pp.100 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis in the tropical South Pacific Region]

Systematics: Diaspis casuarinae is an unusual species in having groups of tubular ducts in the mid-head region. It bears some relationship to D. chilensis, but this species has much larger pygidial lobes (Williams & Watson, 1988).
Structure: Female scale elongate, but sides "clasping" branchlets, about 1.2 mm long, white, smooth, convex, with yellow-brown exuviae terminal. Male scale elongate, about 0.75 mm long, ridged, white, but more transparent. Adult female turbinate, about 1.3 mm long, 0.75 mm wide, membranous except for pygidium (Williams & Watson, 1988).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).