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Halimococcus lampas Cockerell, 1902 (Halimococcidae: Halimococcus)

Halimococcus lampas Cockerell 1902: 15. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Kwazulu Natal, on Palmae. Syntypes, unknown, Type depository: Albany: New York State Museum Insect Collection, New York, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Hartman (1916) states that there is a "type" in the New York State Museum. There are 5 slides in USNM marked "type."

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 4

Structure: Female is enclosed in a dark brown horny oval sac. The orifice is closed by a reticulated plate, except basally. The male is small, cylindrical, horny and ferruginous in color. A few white curled waxen threads protrude from beneath the sacs of the females (Cockerell, 1902).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of egg, first instar, both sexes of second instar, third instar female, and both sexes of adults female by Stickney (1934).