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Rolaspis polypora Munting, 1965 (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Rolaspis polypora Munting 1965b: 204-206. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Zuurberg Pass, about 14 miles north of Addo, on Pleurostylia capensis, 9/12/1963, by G.De Lotto. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Systematics: Rolaspis polypora is unique in the numerous ducts scattered over the dorsum (Munting, 1965b).
• Structure: Female scale white, smooth, broadening posteriorly, up to 2.5 mm long. Adult female derm membranous except for pygidial segments which are sclerotized. Pygidium broadly rounded; median lobes squat, apically serrate, slightly converging and yoked by a sclerotized band; 2nd lobes bilobulate, with inner lobule largest and provided with a conspicuous basal sclerosis projection into the pygidium; other lobes obsolete (Munting, 1965b).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1965b).

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