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Hemiberlesia silvestrii Gomez-Menor Ortega, 1956 (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Nomenclatural History

• Hemiberlesia silvestrii Gomez-Menor Ortega 1956a: 611. Type data: SPAIN: Malaga, Tolox, on Staehelina boetica; collected by G. Gomez-Menor Ortega, viii.1954.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BlayGo1993,491). Type depository: Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain; accepted valid name

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Illustration of scale cover by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1956a). Female scale dark brown in colour; highly convex; diameter 1.6 mm; exuviae green, eccentric; the rest of scale with concentric striations; ventral vellum robust, white, well developed; the insect is hidden in bark cracks (Gomez-Menor Ortega, 1956a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1956a) and by Blay Goechna (1993).

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