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Rolaspis parviloba De Lotto, 1956 (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Rolaspis parviloba De Lotto 1956: 23-24. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Gelonium procerum, 15/03/1951, by G. De Lotto. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

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Systematics: Rolaspis parviloba is close to R. spiculata(=R. lounsburyi), from which it can be separated by the presence of a third pair of pygidial lobes and the bosses on the dorsal side of the abdomen (De Lotto, 1956).
Structure: Female scale elongate, much broadened posteriorly, only slightly convex, white; larval exuviae very pale yellow; nymphal exuviae white, 3.0-3.9 mm long. Male scale elongate with lateral margins parallel, not carinate, white; exuviae pale yellow, 1.4-1.6 mm long. Adult female fusiform or oval with dorsal dermis of thorax and 1st abdominal segment moderately chitinized at maturity. Prosoma sometimes provided with broadly rounded lateral lobes. Pygidium rounded with 3 pairs of lobes. Median lobes small, broader than long, crenulate at the apex and yoked basally to form the characteristic U-shaped notch. 2nd lobes duplex, somewhat larger than median ones; inner lobule normally larger than outer lobule, both rounded. 3rd lobes also bilobed, but very inconspicuous, sometimes recognized as mere points (De Lotto, 1956).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by De Lotto (1956).