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Rolaspis incisa Munting, 1965 (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Rolaspis incisa Munting 1965: 234-236. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Diospyros whyteana, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: In the pygidial structures Rolaspis incisa comes close to R. lounsburyi but may easily be distinguished from it by not being sclerotized at maturity and having a deeper notch between the median lobes (Munting, 1965).
Structure: Female scale white, elongate, broadening posteriorly, 2.8 mm long; exuviae thin and very pale yellow. Male scale white, elongate, noncarinate with a thin opaque exuviae situated at the anterior extremity. Adult females fusiform. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes: median lobes not projecting much and with a deep notch between them, yoked by a sclerotic band, apical margin serrate and sloping outward; 2nd lobes bilobulate, rounded, inner lobule largest and may project beyond the median lobes (Munting, 1965).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1965).