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Eucleaspis echinata Munting, 1968 (Diaspididae: Eucleaspis)

Eucleaspis echinata Munting 1968a: 423-425. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Euclea crispa var. crispa, 28/01/1965, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Eucleaspis echinata can easily be distinguished by its many gland tubercles (Munting, 1968a).
Structure: Female scale elongate, irregular shape due to its tendency to live in cracks of bark, 1.5 mm long. Second exuviae bright orange and quite conspicuous when the first instar exuviae and the thin secretory covering have been rubbed off. Male puparium white, 1 mm long, parallel-sided, non-carinate and covered with flocculent secretory matter. Adult female pyriform, with prosoma and often the whole derm strongly sclerotized (Munting, 1968a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1968a).