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Lepidosaphes tapiae Mamet, 1959 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes madagascariensis; Mamet 1951: 228. misidentification (discovered by Mamet1959a, 447). Notes: Material listed as L. madagascariensis on "Tapia" at Arivonimamo (No. 78) is now considered L. tapiae.
Lepidosaphes tapiae Mamet 1959a: 448-450. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Arivonimamo, on "Tapia," ?/09/1949, by R. Paulian. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
Insulaspis tapiae (Mamet, 1959); Borchsenius 1963: 1173. change of combination

Countries: 1

Mamet1959a: pp.382 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes in Madagascar]

Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, brownish; exuviae terminal. Adult female membranous, with cephalic extremity flatly rounded, 1 mm long. Median pygidial lobes fairly broad, with apical margin rounded and smooth, separated from each other at base by a space equal to about one-third the width of one of them. Second lobes bilobular (Mamet, 1959a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Mamet (1959a).

Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1173
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 67
Mamet1951: distribution, host, 228
Mamet1959a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 382, 383, 447, 448-4