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Furcaspis andamanensis (Green, 1926) (Diaspididae: Furcaspis)

Neofurcaspis andamanensis Green 1926: 62. Type data: INDIA: Andaman Islands, Port Blair, Ross Island, on Cocos nucifera.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Furcaspis andamanensis (Green, 1926); Lindinger 1943b: 220. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; change of combination
Neofurcaspis andamanensis Green, 1926; Borchsenius 1966: 243. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale subcircular to suboval, maximum diameter 1.5 mm; reddish brown, the margin paler; exuviae impinging upon the margin, outlined with brighter red, that of the larva with a small whitish central boss; ventral scale stout; margin of dorsal scale expanded and flattened; with sinuous raised lines on the undersurface. Male scale of similar form, but smaller and of a brighter red colour; longer diameter 1.5 mm (Green, 1926).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1926) and by Williams et al. (2006).