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Discodiaspis gallamformans Ben-Dov, 1974 (Diaspididae: Discodiaspis)

Discodiaspis gallamformans Ben-Dov 1974c: 25. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Namaqualand, Nababeep, on Zygophyllum sp., 07/10/1972, by Y. Ben-Dov. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Discodiaspis gallamformans resembles D. globosa (Ben-Dov, 1974c).
Structure: Female scale white, enveloping the female's body dorsally and ventrally. Dorsal and ventral portions of the larval exuviae incorporated in the dorsal and ventral portions of the scale, respectively. Adult female oval, rounded at anterior apex, pointed at the pygidial one (Ben-Dov, 1974c).
Biology: Females are enclosed within galls which are formed on the host's twigs, usually very close to the nodes. The gall is rounded oval; its upper wall is white brownish with few tiny black spots, and it arises convexly above the twig's surface, its lower wall is invaginated into the bark; a slit occurs in the gall's margin opposite to the female's pygidium, through which, presumably, the young crawlers emerge (Ben-Dov, 1974c).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ben-Dov (1974c).