Valid Names Results

Hulaspis namaquensis Ben-Dov, 1973 (Diaspididae: Hulaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Hulaspis namaquensis Ben-Dov 1973b: 257-259. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Namaqualand, Anenous Pass, on Rhus undulata, 08/10/1972, by Y. Ben-Dov. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH, MRAC and USNM. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1973b: pp.259 ( ) [Key to species of Hulaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale turbinate, white and slightly transparent; larval exuviae brown, placed at anterior apex, 1.0-1.4 mm long and 0.7-0.9 mm wide. Adult female oval, 0.5-0.9 mm long and 0.4-0.5 mm wide. Young female membranous, fully grown reproducing female highly sclerotized ventrally and dorsally. Male scale narrow and elongate, about 1 mm long, 0.3 mm wide, white (Ben-Dov, 1973b).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Ben-Dov (1973b).

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