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Parlatoria sclerosa (Munting, 1968) (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Gymnaspis sclerosa Munting 1968a: 429-430. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Worcester District, Du Toits Kloof Pass, on Protea sp., 24/02/1966, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Parlatoria sclerosa (Munting, 1968); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale flat, subcircular, about 1 mm in diameter, first instar exuviae subcentral, pinkish. Dorsal and ventral scale heavily sclerotized. In the center of the ventral surface there is a somewhat irregular hexagonal opening in which a corresponding hexagonal sclerotized patch on the venter of the adult female fits like a plug. Adult female roughly circular, 0.8-0.9 mm in diameter (Munting, 1968a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1968a).