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Diaspis delottoi Munting, 1967 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspis delottoi Munting 1967a: 254-257. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Combretum gueinzii, 11/02/1965, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH and USNM. Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Diaspis delottoi resembles D. carissae Hall in the shape and size of the median lobes, but differs in having the 2nd and 3rd lobes monolobulate and in having many more pygidial gland spines (Munting, 1967a).
• Structure: Female scale dirty white, usually irregular in shape due to the pubescent surface of the host, but otherwise subcircular, exuviae pale yellow and situated at one end. Male puparium elongate, about 1 mm long, more or less parallel-sided with a faint median carina. Adult female turbinate, 0.5-0.8 mm long, prosoma membranous at maturity except for the cephalic margin which is slightly sclerotized (Munting, 1967a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1967a).

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