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Duplachionaspis cymbopogoni Mamet, 1959 (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Duplachionaspis cymbopogoni Mamet 1959: 127. Type data: REUNION: Plaine des Affouches, on Cymbopogon excavatus, ?/05/1957, by J. Bosser. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Duplachionaspis cymbopogoni is close to D. stenotaphri (=D. natalensis) from which it is separated by the constant occurrence of large dorsal ducts with oval openings on the 4th segment submedially, the absence or at the most the presence of only 1 or 2 small dorsal ducts on the 2nd segment submedianally, the outer lobule of the 2nd lobes which is poorly developed and the 2nd lobes which are normally more prominent than the median lobes (Mamet, 1959).
Structure: Female scale elongate, broadest across its middle, pure white, exuviae towards one end. Exuviae dark brown to blackish, about 2.5 mm long. Male scale pure white, felted, tricarinate, with larval exuviae dark brown to blackish and terminal. Adult female membranous throughout except for the central area of the pygidium dorsally, 1.3 mm long (Mamet, 1959).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Mamet (1959).