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Epidiaspis ficifoliae Hall, 1941 (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)

Epidiaspis ficifoliae Hall 1941: 228-230. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Acropolis, on Ficus sp., 13/06/1937. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Structure: Covers of female so covered with extraneous matter that they are difficult to distinguish from the bark of the host. They are broadly oval to subcircular and pale brown overlaid with a comparatively thick coating of whitish secretionary matter which is obscured by brown extraneous matter. Exuviae either marginal or very near the margin and brown. Ventral scale white and thin remaining attached to the host plant with the exception of the marginal portion which usually comes away with the dorsal scale when it is removed. Male covers elongate with parallel sides, white tinged with brown and with a golden yellow exuviae and faintly tricarinated. Adult female broadly oval with dermis membranous except for the pygidium (Green, 1941).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hall (1941).