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Gadaspis grassei Balachowsky, 1967 (Diaspididae: Gadaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Gadaspis grassei Balachowsky 1967: 619-623. Type data: NIGER: Maradi, on Lepsadenia hastata, 22/11/1949, by G. Remaudière. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Gadaspis grassei differs from the other members of its genus by the structure of the large median lobes, crenulated on their outer margin, and separated by a narrow furrow which is not complete till the base, the form of L2a, the lack of L2b and the general arrangement of dorsal pores of the pygidium and of the last abdominal segments (Balachowsky, 1967).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Balachowsky (1967).

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