Valid Names Results

Lenania prisca De Lotto, 1964 (Pseudococcidae: Lenania)

Nomenclatural History

• Lenania prisca De Lotto 1964: 353. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Stellenbosch, on Cliffortia strobilifera. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LagowsGoHo2022: pp.5-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical mealybugs that lack cerarii]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female rather broadly elliptical or oval with the legs and antennae strongly chitinized; anal lobes obsolete; length up to 3.1 mm. Marginal cerarii entirely absent. Multilocular disc pores very numerous on the ventral side of the last five abdominal segments; Circulus absent.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1964).

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