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Targionia parayuccarum Munting, 1965 (Diaspididae: Targionia)

Targionia parayuccarum Munting 1965b: 211. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Cape Point Nature Reserve, on roots of Cliffortia falcata; collected J. Munting.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale subcircular, about 1.5 mm in diameter, light brown in colour except above the exuviae which are covered with an off-white secretion, when this is rubbed off the shiny, black exuviae are exposed. Male scale oval, about 1.2 mm in length, exuvium at anterior end, shiny black, covered becoming whiter towards the flattened posterior end (Munting, 1965b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Munting (1965b)