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Pseudaulacaspis hilli (Laing, 1929) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Lepidosaphes hilli Laing 1929: 29-30. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Biniguy; Queensland, Chinchilla, on Casuarina sp., by G.F. Hill. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Pseudaulacaspis hilli (Laing, 1929); Takagi 1985: 46. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis hilli is close to Lepidosaphes casuarinae but differs in the latter's mesal lobes are separated, not united basally, nor are they so pronounced and projecting (Laing, 1929).
Structure: Female scale mytiliform, moderately convex at the middle, rather short, broad behind, snow-white; exuviae orange-red, the nymphal pellicle overlaid by a thin layer of wax, 2 mm long. Male puparium broadening out very slightly posteriorly, white, non-carinated; pellicle warm casteaneous brown. Adult female becoming entirely membranous in caustic potash, ovate, rather narrow in front, broadest across the 1st abdominal segment, the breadth about three-fifths the length (Laing, 1929).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Laing (1929).