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Melanaspis nothofagi Hardy & Williams, 2018 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Melanaspis nothofagi Hardy & Williams 2018: 35. Type data: NEW CALEDONIA: Pic du Pin, on Nothofagus aequilateralis, 10/6/1978, J.S. Dugdale. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The adult female of M. nothofagi, can be recognized by having (1) one group perivulvar pores on each side; (2) sclerotic teeth on marginal protrusions of posterior pre-pygidial abdominal segments; (4) a pair of linear apophyses in each interlobal area; (5) no other apophyses; (6) a sclerotic tooth on posterior of marginal lobes of posterior pre-pygidial segments. (Hardy & Williams, 2018) Takagi, 2019 stated that the combination, M. nothofagi, may be open to criticism as to its generic position since it is extraordinary for a member of Melanaspis in having long hair-like setae on the prosomatic margin and a single linear paraphysis arising between the bases of the median trullae (pygidial lobes).
Structure: Adult female presumed to secrete scale cover. Body 0. mm long, 0.74 mm wide; outline circular, margin of posterior abdominal segments sinusoidal, i.e., appearing lobed, posterior part of each lobe bearing sclerotic tooth, tip pointed or rounded. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy & Williams, 2018.

HardyWi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 35-37
Takagi2019: diagnosis, host, taxonomy, 88