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Obtusaspis rhizophila (Newstead, 1920) (Diaspididae: Obtusaspis)

Aspidiotus (Odonaspis) rhizophilus Newstead 1920: 198. Type data: KENYA: Kabete, on roots of Chloris incompleta.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Obtusaspis rhizophila (Newstead, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 450. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale of irregular form, but old examples are slightly narrowed and produced posteriorly, length 1.3-1.5 mm; texture rather rough; dense, hard and capsulate, but the two halves slightly separated posteriorly; colour dull black or brownish black; convex dorsally and flat ventrally; larval exuviae generally towards the anterior margin, greyish in colour and sometimes fissured; ventral scale with a greyish patch towards the anterior margin (Newstead, 1920).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1920) and by Balachowsky (1958b).