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Entaspidiotus lounsburyi (Marlatt, 1908) (Diaspididae: Entaspidiotus)

Pseudaonidia (Selenaspidus) lounsburyi Marlatt 1908: 136,139. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town, on Mesembryanthemum edule; collected by C.P. Lounsbury, June 29, 1897.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Pseudaonidia lounsburyi Marlatt, 1908; Sanders 1909a: 54. change of combination
Aspidiotus (Selenaspidus) lounsburyi (Marlatt, 1908); Brain 1918: 131. change of combination
Aspidiotus (Selenaspidus) lounsburyi var. Brain 1918: 131. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, on Mesembryanthemum edule; collected June 3, 1915, by J.C. Faure.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 252).
Entaspidiotus lounsburyi (Marlatt, 1908); MacGillivray 1921: 455. change of combination
Entaspidiotus lounsburyi (Marlatt, 1908); Mamet 1958a: 414. revived combination (previously published)
Selenaspidus (Aspidiotus) lounsburgi (Marlatt, 1908); Borchsenius 1966: 404. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Carpobrotus | Muntin1969
Carpobrotus edulis | Borchs1966 Brain1918 Mamet1958a Marlat1908 Sander1909a Willia1963a | (= Mesembryanthemum edule)
Conophytum bilobum | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a Willia1963a
Mesembryanthemum | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

Structure: Female scale subcircular, 2-2.5 mm in diameter; flat; yellowish white but dense and opaque; exuviae resinous to brown, covered with a very slight secretion; supplement usually three times diameter of second exuvium; ventral scale thin but distinct present, adheres to the leaf. Male scale similar, oval, 1.5 mm long; exuvium brown, near anterior end (Marlatt, 1908). Female scale circular to subcircular, yellowish white to greyish white, flat; exuviae central, pale brown to dark buff, obscured by a layer of secretion; diameter about 2.5 mm. Scale of male of the same colour as that of female, but smaller, oval; exuviae towards one end, brownish (Mamet, 1958a). Colour photograph of scale cover by Russo et al. (1999).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918) and by Mamet (1958a).