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Rolaspis halli De Lotto, 1956 (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Rolaspis halli De Lotto 1956: 20. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Chaetachme aristata, 1/02/1953, by G. De Lotto. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Rolaspis halli is unique in the presence of the 2 large protuberances on the venter and by the small chitinized bosses on the dorsum (De Lott, 1956).
Structure: Female scale translucent white, large, elongate, fairly convex, at times asymmetric; larval exuviae pale yellow; nymphal exuviae white, 4.1-5.3 mm long. Adult female body fusiform, remaining membranous at maturity. Pygidium rounded with two pairs of lobes. Median lobes small, their bases strongly yoked together forming a deep U-shaped notch and having their margin cristate. 2nd lobes represented by two lobule, both rounded at the apices (De Lotto, 1956).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by De Lotto (1956).