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Rungaspis arcuata Munting, 1967 (Diaspididae: Rungaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Rungaspis arcuata Munting 1967a: 263. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Tulbagh district, 10 miles N.E. of Gydo Pass near Prince Alfred Hamlet, on Elytropappus rhinocerotis; collected by J. Munting, 1.iii.1966.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1980: pp.268 ( Adult (F) ) [world]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subcircular, about 1.5 mm in length; covered with dust and particles of sand; apparently brownish in colour. Male scale whitish, of the usual aspidiotine shape and about 1.2 mm in length (Munting, 1967a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Munting (1967a).

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