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Monaonidiella cerata (Maskell, 1895) (Diaspididae: Monaonidiella)

Aspidiotus ceratus Maskell 1895b: 39. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, banks of Murray river, on Acacia stenophylla; collected by Mr. French.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aonidiella cerata (Maskell, 1895); Leonardi 1899: 175. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Monaonidiella cerata (Maskell, 1895); MacGillivray 1921: 446. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale snowy-white; circular, about 1/22 inch in diameter; convex; texture solid and waxy; the two exuviae are central and of a faint yellow tinge, covered by a scale of white wax. Male scale white, smaller, and more elongate than that of the female (Maskell, 1895b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Maskell (1895b).