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Guineaspis mignardi Balachowsky, 1952 (Diaspididae: Guineaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Guineaspis mignardi Balachowsky 1952a: 100-101. Type data: GUINEA: Kindia, at the station centrale des Fruits et Agrumes, on Cassia occidentalis, 30/11/1951, by A. Balachowsky. Syntypes, 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

• Structure: Female scale narrow, elongate, flattened, slightly widened towards the apex but often irregular in form, clear brown, blending in with host bark. Larval exuviae a little darker yellow gilded, 1.9-2.0 mm long. Adult female lemon-yellow. Male scale linear, small, 1 mm long, tricarinated, white (Balachowsky, 1952a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Balachowsky (1952a).

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