Valid Names Results
Namibia spinosa Munting, 1969 (Diaspididae: Namibia)Nomenclatural History
- Namibia spinosa Munting 1969: 135. Type data: NAMIBIA: Namib Desert, about 25 miles north east of Gobabeb, Namib Desert Research Station, on Acacia sp., 28/08/1967, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Fabaceae
- Acacia oshanesii | Muntin1969
- Vachellia erioloba | Muntin1969 | (= Acacia erioloba, A. giraffae)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Namibia (=South West Africa) | Muntin1969
- South Africa | Muntin1969
Keys
- Muntin1969: pp.134 ( ) [Key to species of Namibia]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale black, finely granulose, shiny, covered with a thin opaque layer of secretory matter, varying in shape according to situation on host plant, but usually pyriform with light brown first instar exuviae at one end, 1.8 mm long. Male scale non-carinate, dirty white, elongate, broadening slightly posteriorly, with brown 1st instar exuviae at anterior end, about 1.6 mm long. Adult female roughly fusiform, 1.2-1.5 mm long (Munting, 1969).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1969).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGi2014: catalog, 231
- Muntin1969: description, distribution, economic importance, illustration, taxonomy, 134, 135, 158
