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Formosaspis pallida Munting, 1968 (Diaspididae: Formosaspis)

Formosaspis pallida Munting 1968a: 427-429. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Capetown, Tulbagh, Mitchell's Pass, on Protea sp., 03/12/1964, 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: This species does not belong in Formoaspis, but is placed here by Munting (1968a) tentatively.
Structure: Female scale consisting of black 2nd stage exuviae with a thin white secretory covering, irregularly fusiform, about 1 mm long. Male puparium brownish yellow, elongate, broadening posteriorly and with golden 1st instar exuviae at one end. Adult female irregularly fusiform, membranous, 0.7-0.9 mm long. 2nd instar female with gland spines present, also between median lobes, 2nd lobes bilobulate (Munting, 1968a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1968a).