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Duplachionaspis africana Munting, 1977 (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Duplachionaspis africana Munting 1977: 9. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Villiersdorp, on Tetraria thermalis, 10/04/1967, by A. Boonzaaier. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Muntin1977: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis from southern Africa]

Systematics: Duplachionaspis africana closely resembles D. cymbopogoni, but differs in that the dorsosubmedian ducts are more numerous, macroducts are always present submarginally on segment I and the perivulvar pores are also more numerous. The adult female also resembles that of D. graminella, but in D. graminella the pygidial gland spines are always single (Munting, 1977).
Structure: Scale of adult female broadening posteriorly, about 2.3 mm long, uniformly smooth texture, without transverse striations, white, with pale yellow exuviae at anterior end. Male scale parallel-sided, with strong median keel, about 1 mm long, white. Adult female fusiform, 1.1-1.5 mm long, prosoma membranous at maturity. Second instar exuviae without any submedial pygidial ducts. First instar exuviae with five-segmented antennae and the terminal segment non-annulate. Cephalic margin notched between antennae and paired dorsocephalic ducts absent (Munting, 1977).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1977).