Valid Names Results

Namaquea simplex Munting, 1969 (Diaspididae: Namaquea)

Nomenclatural History

• Namaquea simplex Munting 1969: 132-133. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Vioolsdrif, on Sysyndite spartea, 1/09/1967, by E. Mey. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale oval, convex, brown with a white secretory covering which is, however, easily rubbed off, 1.5 mm long. Male scale non-carinate, about 1.0 mm long, consisting of yellow 1st instar exuviae and very short secretory portion. Adult female oval or broadly fusiform, about 1.1 mm long; pygidium faintly sclerotized (Munting, 1969).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1969).

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