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Paraleucaspis namorokae Mamet, 1959 (Diaspididae: Paraleucaspis)

Paraleucaspis namorokae Mamet 1959a: 458-459. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Namoroka, on an undermined plant, ?/09/1952, by R. Paulian. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Structure: Cover of female almost entirely composed of the exuviae of the 2nd stage, elongate, broadest across the anterior region, jet black, shiny, extremely sclerotized, covered with a very thin film of glassy secretion. Larval exuviae terminal, translucent. Male scale elongate, broadest behind, without carinae, pale straw colored. Adult female pupillarial, membranous. 0.3 mm long on slide. Pygidium broadly rounded laterally, apical margin appearing truncated. Pygidial lobes absent (Mamet, 1959a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Mamet (1959a).