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Unaspis assimilis (Maskell, 1889) (Diaspididae: Unaspis)

Chionaspis assimilis Maskell 1889: 102-103. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, on Eucalyptus sp., by Mr. Craw. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Unachionaspis assimilis (Maskell, 1889); MacGillivray 1921: 337. change of combination
Unaspis assimilis (Maskell, 1889); Borchsenius 1966: 105. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

NiuFe2019: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Unaspis]
Watson2015a: pp.437 ( Adult (F) ) [slide-mounted adult females of Unaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.337 ( ) [Species of Unachionaspis] Key as: Unachionaspis assimilis

Systematics: Unaspis assimilis is close to U. euonymi but differs in color, the lobes of the abdominal extremity and in the absence of a ventral scale (Maskell, 1889).
Structure: Female scale elongate, pyriform, slightly curved, scarcely convex, dark brown, exuviae at one end, yellow. Male scale brownish white, narrow, semi-cylindrical, exuviae yellow. Adult female elongate, cephalic region smooth (Maskell, 1889).