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Lepidosaphes macella Williams, 1973 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes macella Williams 1973: 86-87. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney, Botanical Gardens, on Macadamia tetraphylla, 05/02/1954, by L.A.S. Johnson. Holotype, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in ANIC, BMNH and USNM. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes macella has only 5 marginal macroducts on each side, which separates it from other Australian species of Lepidosaphes (Williams, 1973).
Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, 1.75 mm long, dark brown to black-brown, exuviae pale brown. Male scale reddish-brown, 1.25 mm long, elongate. Adult female elongate, sides parallel, about 1.0 mm long, free abdominal segments distinctly lobed, widest at the 3rd segment (Williams, 1973).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Williams (1973).