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Melanaspis madagascariensis Mamet, 1951 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Melanaspis madagascariensis Mamet 1951: 250. Type data: MADAGASCAR: road to Majunga, 530 km, on leaf of "Sohy" Cephalanthus spathelliferus.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 4 | Genera: 6

Countries: 2

SchneiGiDo2013: pp.816-817 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of ant-associated armoured scale insects (adapted from Ben-Dov, 2010)]

Systematics: GenBank Accession Number: KY219438 (Dao, et al., 2020)
Structure: Female scale subcircular, fairly flat, pale buff coloured, sometimes covered by debris of plant tissues; exuviae subcentral, yellowish. Scale of male not observed (Mamet, 1951).
Biology: This species was originally described from Madagascar off Cephalanthus spatheliferus (Naucleaceae) from populations with normal diaspidoid scale covering (Mamet, 1951). Later it was recorded from Angola by Almeida (1973). Ben-Dov (2010) first reported on ‘scale-less’ populations of this armoured scale species in Madagascar that are associated with the ant Melissotarsus insularis Santschi. Ben-Dov & Fisher (2010) described the association of this diaspidid with the ant Melissotarsus insularis Santschi in Madagasacr.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1951).