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Mercetaspis benitezi Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1960 (Diaspididae: Mercetaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mercetaspis benitezi Gómez-Menor Ortega 1960: 177-180. Type data: SPAIN: Cádiz, Chiclana, on Ulex parvifolia. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain; accepted valid name

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale elliptical, very extended, sometimes asymmetric, whitish. Exuviae at one end, yellow, quite convex. Male scale extended, parallel-sided, quite convex. Exuviae located at the end, yellow, but rest of scale milky white, without keels (Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1960).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Gómez-Menor Ortega (1960).

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