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Rolaspis compositae Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Rolaspis compositae Hall 1946a: 532. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Prince Albert, on Senecio sp?, 17/11/1917, by J.C. Faure & S.H. Skaife. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: The type series had a sender number of SN2483. Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Muntin1969: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rolaspis]
• Hall1946a: pp.534 ( ) [Key to species of Rolaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale silvery white, moderately convex, elongate and slender. Exuviae brown, somewhat obscured by a thin silvery white secretionary film. Ventral scale thin, usually persisting along the lateral margins; 2.5-3.5 mm long, 0.8-1.0 mm wide. Male scale white, with parallel sides, uncarinated. Adult female elongate, fusiform, membranous with margins of abdominal segments moderately produced. Pygidium rounded with the fringe between the 5th and 6th and between the 6th and 7th segments rather deeply indented. Median lobes slightly divergent apically, rounded and coarsely serrated with a V-shaped notch between carrying a pair of minute setae and with their bases yoked together by a sclerotic band. 2nd lobes duplex, inner lobule being same size and shape as the median lobe but not serrated apically; outer lobule separated from the inner, small and sharply pointed (Hall, 1946a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall (1946a).

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