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Epidiaspis doumtsopi (Schneider, 2013) (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)

Diaspis doumtsopi Schneider 2013: 810-812. Type data: CAMEROON: Nikolbisson, 1°42´9.83"N, 11°42´9.83"E,, elevation 602 m, in nest galleries of M. weissi from Mangifera sp., 4/22/2012, by A. Doumtsop. Holotype, female, Type depository: Amherst: University of Massachusetts Entomology Collection; accepted valid name
Epidiaspis doumtsopi (Schneider, 2013); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

SchneiGiDo2013: pp.816-817 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of ant-associated armoured scale insects (adapted from Ben-Dov, 2010)] Key as: Diaspis doumtsopi

Systematics: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0A98FE3D-0E53-4CC1-9FC4-BEE05EB1E80B Schneider et al. placed this species in Diaspis on the basis of DNA evidence indicating that D. doumtsopi is more closely related to the type species of Diaspis than to the type species of Epidiaspis, however, it resembles adult females of the only African species of Epidiaspis, Epidiaspis ficifoliae Hall, of Zimbabwe, but differs from E. ficifoliae in having perivulvar pores and furcate gland spines with multiple microducts. With additional analysis by Normark, et al., it has been moved to Epidiaspis,
Structure: Features of scale covering unknown; all specimens of type series lacking scale. Mounted on a microscope slide, body oval, 0.63-0.7mm long, widest at metathorax, 0.53-0.56mm wide. Median lobes appear serrate with one medial notch and two lateral notches, well developed and sclerotized with large paraphysis-like sclerotizations along the medial edge and smaller sclerotizations at the lateral base, medial edges parallel or only slightly divergent, with one short pair of simple setae between median lobes; second and third lobes poorly developed and membranous. (Schneider, et al., 2013)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Schneider et al., 2013.