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Selenaspidus podocarpi Mamet, 1958 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)

Selenaspidus podocarpi Mamet 1958a: 392. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Tzaneen, Transvaal, on Podocarpus latifolius.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale of female oval, pale straw-coloured to dirty white, sometimes pale greyish through accumulation of dirt, flat to very slightly convex; exuviae subcentral, golden-yellow to light buff, obscured by a layer of whitish secretion; length of scale about 3.5 mm. Scale of male, smaller than that of female, elongate, white to pale straw coloured; exuviae towards one side, straw-coloured (Mamet 1958a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1958a).