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Tachardina perplexa Munting, 1973 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardina)

Nomenclatural History

• Tachardina perplexa Munting 1973a: 59. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Van Rhynsdorp District, Bitterfontein, on Galenia africana, Nov. 1964, Coll. J.G. Theron.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 2 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Structure: Test of the adult female globular, smooth, dirty-white or light brown, with a dark mediodorsal spot; often thickly encrusted on stems of the host plant. Male puparium elongate, about 1.5 mm long, brown in colour (Munting, 1973a).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Munting (1973a).

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