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Maskellanna beyeriae (Green, 1915) (Diaspididae: Maskellanna)

Mytilaspis beyeriae French 1907: 184. nomen nudum (discovered by Green1915d, 51-52).
Lepidosaphes beyeriae Sanders 1909a: 56. nomen nudum (discovered by Green1915d, 51-52).
Mytilaspis (Fernaldella) beyeriae Green 1915d: 51-52. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Mallee, on Beyeria viscosa, by C. French. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Maskellanna beyeriae (Green, 1915); MacGillivray 1921: 296. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The unusually wide interval between the median lobes and the rigid derm of the body of the insect are characters that distinguish this species from any other known members of the genus (Green, 1915d).
Structure: Pygidium with median pair of lobes minute, narrow, rounded, entire, constricted on proximal portion, very distant; 2nd pair of lobes minute, subequal in size to median and similar in form, distant from median; plates wanting. Body of adult female strongly chitinized, no differentiation between pygidium and other parts (MacGillivray, 1921).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1915d).