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Selenaspidus taizi Mamet, 1958 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)

Nomenclatural History

• Selenaspidus taizi Mamet 1958a: 404. Type data: YEMEN: Taiz, close to city walls, altitude 4500 feet, on a succulent Euphorbia sp.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale almost circular, pure white in colour, flat; exuviae subcentral, dark-brown in colour, somewhat obscured by a layer of whitish secretion; diameter about 2 mm. Scale of male smaller than that of female, elongate-oval, white, with exuvia towards one end, brownish (Mamet, 1958a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1958a).

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