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Tecaspis Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae)

Tecaspis Hall 1946a: 536-537. Type species: Chionaspis visci v. umtalii Hall by original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe FIORINIINA (Normark, et al., 2019) Borchsenius & Williams (1963) state that although Balachowsky (1954e) synonymized Chlidaspis with Tecaspis Hall, the differences justify the separation of the two genera. Tecaspis is separable from related genera by the relatively poor development of the second lobes of which the median lobules have no basal scleroses. Even so, Tecaspis may still be divided into 2 groups. One group which includes the type species as well as mytilaspiformis and visci has a pair of gland spines between the median lobes whose presence is always betrayed by the microducts leading to them. The other group which includes kiggelariae, retigera, rhizobium and sinoiae has no gland spines between the median lobes. This character may prove to be sufficient motivation for the erection of a new genus (Munting, 1973).
General Remarks: Detailed description by Munting (1973).

Balach1954e: pp.171 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau des genres de Diaspidina Chionaspiformes]
Hall1946a: pp.544 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for the separation of the genera of Diaspidini recorded from the Ethiopian Region]