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Vinculaspis mamillata Fonseca, 1973 (Diaspididae: Vinculaspis)

Vinculaspis mamillatus Fonseca 1973: 254-255. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Parque Siqueira Campos, on "planta silvestre," ?/02/1973. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.
Vinculaspis mamillata Fonseca, 1973; Miller, D.R., Gimpel, M.E. & Williams, D.J. 2003: 947. emendation that is justified

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale black, fragile, cordiform, weakly convex; lateral margins curved in the central region of the body, tapering posteriorly; 2nd exuviae oblong, placed in the cephalic extremity of the scale, with a weak dorsal longitudinal keel and a series of small transverse keels; 1.0 mm long, 0.5 mm of wide. Male scale white, elongate, with weak transverse ridges; lateral margins parallel. Exuviae oval, black. Scale is 1.0 mm long. Adult female white, rounded off. Pygidium relatively short, with 3 pairs of lobes. 1st pair triangular, apical extremity obtuse. 2nd and 3rd pairs bilobed (Fonseca, 1973).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Fonseca (1973).