Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes mulgae (Froggatt, 1914) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis mulgae Froggatt 1914: 681. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Darling River, Pera Bore, on Acacia cambagei, 12/05/1899, by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name
• Lepidosaphes mulgae (Froggatt, 1914); Sasscer 1915: 37. change of combination

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale very short, 1st exuviae reddish-yellow, 2nd exuviae larger. Adult female dark brown, short cephalic portion rounded, narrowed to base of rostrum, swelling out, broadly rounded to the tip of abdomen. Pygidium broadly rounded, with 2 short broad rounded terminal lobes with 2 rather angulate depression on either side (Froggatt, 1914).
• General Remarks: Best available description by Froggatt (1914).

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