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Mammata lueckorum Munting, 1969 (Diaspididae: Mammata)

Nomenclatural History

• Mammata lueckorum Munting 1969: 128-129. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, 44 miles Union's End to Nossob Camp, on Boscia albitrunca, 27/08/1967, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale elongate, broad, about 2.5 mm long, white, velvety in texture. Male scale more or less parallel-sided, without carinae, white, about 1.5 mm long, usually grouped together and covered by a mass of flocculent secretory matter. Mounted adult female broadly fusiform, membranous at maturity, about 1.6 mm long (Munting, 1969).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1969).

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