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Pseudaulacaspis rubra (Green, 1908) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Diaspis amygdali rubra; Maskell 1898: 228. misidentification (discovered by DavidsMiNa1983, 757). Notes: Maskell's 1898 type series contained two species. The material from Ceylon is a misidentification of Pseudaulacaspis barberi. The material from Japan is a junior synonym of P. prunicola (Davidson et al., 1983).
Diaspis barberi Green 1908a: 35-36. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Tanjore (=Thanjavur), on Loranthus sp., by C.A. Barber. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aulacaspis barberi (Green, 1908); Rutherford 1915a: 110. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis barberi (Green, 1908); MacGillivray 1921: 316. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis rubra (Maskell, 1898); Miller, Gimpel & Williams 2003: 943-946. change of combination

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Structure: Female scale opaque white, subcircular, sometimes bluntly pointed at posterior extremity, moderately convex above. Exuviae eccentric, placed towards anterior margin, larval exuviae reddish, exposed; nymphal exuviae castaneous or ochreous, very thinly coated with secretion. Adult female widely turbinate, broadest across thoracic segments. Margins of abdominal segments slightly roundly produced. Median lobes divergent, prominent, broadly flabelliform, constricted at base, the rounded outer edge slightly and irregularly incised (Green, 1908a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1908a).