Valid Names Results

Kandraspis euphorbiae Mamet, 1959 (Diaspididae: Kandraspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Kandraspis euphorbiae Mamet 1959a: 440. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Lambomakandro, on Euphorbia enterophora, ?/05/1951, by R. Paulian. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale large, circular, low convex, very pale buff color, exuviae subcentral. Adult female circular, pygidium protruding a little, 2.1 mm long. Derm membranous, except for that of the pygidium. Anterior spiracle with a small group of parastigmatic pores. Pygidium relatively small, with 4 pairs of broad, short lobes with flatly rounded apices and with conspicuous, lateral, sclerotized, inner prolongations (Mamet, 1959a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Mamet (1959a).

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