Valid Names Results

Duplachionaspis displicata Munting, 1977 (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Duplachionaspis displicata Munting 1977: 15. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Ladysmith, on Aloe sp., ?/08/1968, by M.J. Jacobs. 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: The presence of the marginal group of microducts anterior to the level of the anterior spiracles and the coalescing submedian and submarginal ducts on segment vi serve to separate this species from all its congeners. The former character is also present in D. brevipora described from South West Africa, while the latter places it near D. welwitschiae from Angola (Munting, 1977).
Structure: Female scale white with pale yellow apical exuviae, slender, about 2.3 mm long. Male puparium white, parallel-sided, about 1 mm long. Adult female oval, 0.8-1.2 mm long, prosoma membranous. Second instar female with submedian ducts on segments V to VI and sometimes segment VII. First instar larvae with antennae five segmented and terminal segment non-annulate. Paired dorsocephalic ducts present (Munting, 1977).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1977).