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Lepidosaphes antidesmae (Rao in Rao & Ferris, 1952) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Andaspis erythrinae; Green 1937: 328. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; misidentification (discovered by RaoFe1952, 18).
Andaspis antidesmae Rao in Rao & Ferris 1952: 18. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Antidesma sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes antidesmae (Rao in Rao & Ferris, 1952); Normark, et al. 2019: 61. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Willia1963b: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis antidesmae
RaoFe1952: pp.22 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis antidesmae

Structure: Median lobes very prominent, their apices somewhat separated and with a pair of small gland spines between; bases with a sclerosis extending transversely from each angle and with a more or less transverse sclerotized band slightly anterior to these. Second lobe moderately well developed and distinctly bilobed. Third lobe indicated at the most by a slight irregularity of the margin of the pygidium (Rao & Ferris, 1952).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Rao & Ferris (1952).