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Porogymnaspis rufa Green, 1916 (Diaspididae: Porogymnaspis)

Porogymnaspis rufa Green 1916e: 55-56. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory, Koolpinyah, on Pandanus odoratissimus, by G.F. Hill. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Cryptoparlatorea rufa (Green, 1916); Lindinger 1932f: 204. change of combination
Apteronidia rufa (Green, 1916); Lindinger 1934: 37. change of combination
Porogymnaspis rufa (Green, 1916); Borchsenius 1966: 207. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale consisting of naked nymphal exuviae which is bright red or reddish yellow, broadly oval, highly convex, appearing as almost hemispherical to the naked eye; 0.75 mm long. Male scale oblong or broadly oval, moderately convex, sometimes with traces of 2 longitudinal ridges, whitish; 0.75-1.0 mm long. Adult female subcircular, posterior extremity slightly produced. Pygidium with its truncate extremity bearing a close fringe of prominent tricuspid processes, of which from 4-6 are usually more densely chitinous than the remainder and represent the pygidial lobes (Green, 1916e).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1916e).