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Hemiberlesia mitchelli (Marlatt, 1908) (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Aspidiotus (Hemiberlesia) mitchelli Marlatt 1908c: 22. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Mitchell's Pass, on undetermined host plant; collected by C.P. Lounsbury, 29 January 1897.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aspidiotus (Hemiberlesia) mitchelli Marlatt, 1908; Sanders 1909a: 53. change of combination
Hemiberlesia mitchelli (Marlatt, 1908); MacGillivray 1921: 435. change of combination
Abgrallaspis mitchelli (Marlatt, 1908); Borchsenius 1966: 316. change of combination
Hemiberlesia mitchelli (Marlatt, 1908); Normark, Morse, Krewinski & Okusu 2014: 44. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale of female, 1.5 mm long; subcircular to broad oval, strongly convex, and of the general Camelliae type; secretionary matter rather dense, colour dull yellowish, due chiefly to the extraneous matter taken up from the surface; exuviae yellowish brown, near the anterior end; ventral scale a distinct white flocculent patch, thinnest at the center (Marlatt, 1908c).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Marlatt (1908c), Brain (1918) and by Balachowsky (1958b).