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Mimusaspis badulae Mamet, 1943 (Diaspididae: Mimusaspis)

Mimusaspis badulae Mamet 1943: 127-128. Type data: MAURITIUS: Macabé forest, on leaves of Badula insularis, 02/03/1940. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Mimusaspis badulae is very closely related to M. mimusopis, from which it differs by the greater number of perivulvar pores, the presence of 3 macropores on the margin of the 6th and 7th abdominal segments instead of only 2 in M. mimusopis and the absence of pores near the posterior spiracles (Mamet, 1943).
Structure: Female scale almost linear, straight sided, pale buff. Larval exuviae pale yellowish, situated at anterior end of cover and beyond nymphal exuviae. Nymphal exuviae darker than larval, 2.5-3.3 mm long and 0.7-0.9 mm wide. Male scale smaller and paler than that of female. Adult female long and narrow, broadest across the first abdominal segments, 0.9-1.1 mm long, 0.3 mm wide. Frontal margin with a few minute setae (Mamet, 1943).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Mamet (1943).