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Lepidosaphes duponti Green, 1916 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes duponti Green 1916f: 195-196. Type data: SEYCHELLES: Silhouette, on Cocos nucifera. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Insulaspis duponti; Borchsenius 1963: 1172. subsequent use
Lepidosaphes duponti Green, 1916; Borchsenium 1966: 62. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

MacGil1921: pp.286 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes duponti

Systematics: Lepidosaphes duponti is characterized by the exceptionally large inner lobule of the duplex lateral lobes, which equals the median lobes in size (Green, 1916f).
Structure: Female cover brown, older examples have the median longitudinal area flattened or even slightly concave, the depressed area bordered on each side by a more or less well marked ridge which is usually of a deeper color than the other parts of the scale. Outside this ridge the sides fall away sharply and then expand into a narrow flattened margin. Other examples do not show this marked depression, but the darker lateral bands are indicated. 2.5-3.0 mm long, 1.0 mm wide. Male cover paler, with traces of lateral darker bands; no median depression, 1.5 mm long. Adult female broadest across the base of the abdomen. Lateral margins of abdominal segments moderately produced (Green, 1916f).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1916f).