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Pseudoleucaspis monticola Mamet, 1939 (Diaspididae: Pseudoleucaspis)

Pseudoleucaspis monticola Mamet 1939b: 586-588. Type data: MAURITIUS: Corps de Garde Mountain, on Eugenia mespiloides, 30/01/1938, by R. Mamet. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, transparent, showing black nymphal exuviae underneath, white, glassy. Larval exuviae whitish, situated at anterior extremity of scale and projecting beyond margin, 2.0-3.1 mm long, 0.5-0.6 mm wide. Male scale shiny, whitish to dull orange, with 2 longitudinal darker bands on each side, slightly convex, submarginal area flattish, dilated behind, 1.7-2.3 mm long, 0.6-0.9 mm wide. Adult female oval to elongate, broadest across metathorax, rounded in front, completely enclosed in nymphal exuviae. Pygidium broadly rounded, with 2 pairs of recessed lobes having serrate edges. Median pair smallest (Mamet, 1939b).
Biology: Pseudoleucaspis monticola was collected at 2350 feet in altitude (Mamet, 1939b).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Mamet (1939b).