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Selenaspidus euphorbiae (Newstead, 1912) (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)

Aspidiotus (Selenaspidus) euphorbiae Newstead 1912: 18. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Riet Tinkas, on Euphorbia sp., near virosa Willd.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aspidiotus euphorbiae Newstead, 1912; Sasscer 1912: 93. change of combination
Entaspidiotus euphorbiae (Newstead, 1912); MacGillivray 1921: 378. change of combination
Selenaspidus euphorbiae (Newstead, 1912); Lindinger 1943b: 264. change of combination
Selenaspidus eritreae (Newstead, 1912); Mamet 1958a: 379. misspelling of species epithet Notes: Selenaspidus eritreae Mamet in the caption on page 379 is a mis-spelling of Selenaspidus euphorbiae Newstead.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Mamet (1958a, p. 378) redescribed and illustrated this species, while referring to 'Plate 7'. However, no Plate 7 was presented in Mamet (1958a), whereas Plate 6 was published twice, on page 377 and on page 379, each bearing the same caption, i.e. "Plate 6. - Selenaspidus eritreae Mamet, sp.n.: Adult female". We have compared the information for Selenaspidus euphorbiae (redesecription, key to species) with the illustration (bearing the caption "Plate 6. - Selenaspidus eritreae Mamet, sp.n.: Adult female" on page 379) and conclude that the latter is a lapsus calami of Selenaspidus euphorbiae Newstead, and that the illustration on page 379 should be regarded as the illustration of the latter.
Structure: Scale of female, circular, thick and opaque; exuviae central or subcentral; larval pellicle golden brown to dark golden yellow, covered with secretion similar to that of the larva; secretionary portion in two equal zones of pale ocheous and white, the latter marginal; diameter about 1.75 to 2 mm (Newstead, 1912).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1912) and by Mamet (1958a). See discussion in Systematics above.