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Hemaspidoproctus tosariensis (Reyne, 1957) (Monophlebidae: Hemaspidoproctus)

Walkeriana tosariensis Reyne 1957a: 116. Type data: INDONESIA: East Java, Tenngar Mts., near Tosari, altitude 1750 meters, on stems of Casuarina junghuhniana; collected by Roepke.. Holotype, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Amsterdam: Institut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, The Netherlands; accepted valid name Illustr.
Hemaspidoproctus tosariensis (Reyne, 1957); Gavrilov-Zimin 2021: 58. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Reyne (1957: 115) described a new species of giant scales, Walkeriana tosariensis, inhabiting Casuarina junghuhniana in East Java, and placed it in the genus Walkeriana Signoret, 1876 with a doubt. The adult females of this species have an ovisac band of wax glands and form a large ovisac during oviposition in contrast to other species of Walkeriana. Therefore, Gavrilov-Zimin (2021) transferred W. tosariensis to the related genus Hemaspidoproctus, whose members, including the type species, have the ovisac band and form more or less prominent ovisacs.
Structure: The structure of the wax covering of the adult female in a photograph by Reyne (1957a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, male pupa and prepupa, and nymphs by Reyne (1957a).