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Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus Jashenko & Danzig, 1992 (Monophlebidae: Pseudaspidoproctus)

Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus Jashenko & Danzig 1992: 89. Type data: AFGHANISTAN: near Kabul, host plant not indicated, at altitude of 2000 meters; collected 29.vii.1966, by E. Sugonyaev.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 3

Structure: Live adult female exposed on host-plant during growing period; body elongate ovoid, with dorsum strongly convex and venter flattened; eggs deposited within an internal ventral marsupium with a U- or V-shaped opening (Jashenko & Danzig 1992). Slide-mounted adult female oval, about 4–5 mm long. Antennae each with 8‒10 segments, each sparsely covered with setae. Legs well developed, covered with long setae; inner margin of tibia and tarsus with 1 or 2 rows of short, thick spines; tarsus apparently partly divided, with a small second pseudosegment present near claw, almost completely merged with long first segment. Cicatrices situated posterior to vulva, numbering 3, each usually elongate oval, median one much larger than lateral ones. Abdominal spiracles probably numbering 7 pairs, but difficult to see. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2024)
Biology: Adults were observed in Afghanistan at the end of July (Jashenko, 1999).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Jashenko & Danzig (1992). Originally described from Afghanistan (Jashenko & Danzig, 1992) and recorded later from Yemen (Foldi & Van Harten, 2004).