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Obtusaspis cynodontis (Hall, 1937) (Diaspididae: Obtusaspis)

Furcaspis cynodontis Hall 1937: 119. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe, on Cynodon dactylon.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Obtusaspis cynodontis (Hall, 1937); Balachowsky 1958b: 208. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale more or less circular in outline, diameter 1.0-1.25 mm; convex; black; larval exuviae pale straw-coloured and overlaid by a film of white secretionary matter; nymphal exuviae very dark brown and obscured by a black secretionary film; exuviae not quite central; secretionary area black with minute but distinct concentric growth lines; ventral scale entire with a dirty white roughly circular area situated towards one side; remainder of ventral scale black with faint concentric growth lines (Hall, 1937).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1937) and by Balachowsky (1958b).