Valid Names Results

Rhodesaclerda insleyae Hodgson & Millar, 2002 (Aclerdidae: Rhodesaclerda)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhodesaclerda insleyae Hodgson & Millar 2002: 492. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Kwazulu-Natal, Oribi Gorge, on Combretum kraussii; collected H.P. Insley, 16.i.1972.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Rhodesaclerda insleyi Hodgson & Millar, 2002; Giliomee & Gavrilov-Zimin 2021: 392. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoMi2002IMa: pp.485 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Rhodesaclerda.]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult females are rather similar to those of R. combreticoa. They differ in that this species has (character stae of R. combreticola in brackets); numerous sclerotized bilocular pores though out the venter, including the head (very few near margin on head only); 10-12 setae on antenna (3 or 4); no anal platelike structures, the exterior opening on the anal cone being a shallow inverted U (with anal platelike structures present, overlying a squarish outer orifice); and invaginated conical pores on anal cone with a flat, granulate surface (invaginated conical ores each deeply embedded within wall of cone within a narrow duct with heavily sclerotized walls). The presence, within the anal complex, of a ventral grove similar in structure to that seen in typical aclerdid females supports the view that Rhodesaclerda should continue to be included within Aclerdidae. (Hodgson & Millar, 2002)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, adult male, second-instar female, and pupa by Hodgson & Millar (2002).

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