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Voraspis bauhiniae (Hall, 1946) (Diaspididae: Voraspis)

Phenacaspis bauhiniae Hall 1946: 65-70. Type data: SENEGAL: M'Bambey, on Bauhinia rufescens, 1944, by J. Risbec. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Voraspis bauhiniae (Hall, 1946); Hall 1946a: 540. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Voraspis bauhiniae is close to V. nigerensis, but the median lobes are of different shape and more closely set together, and the dorsal and perivulvar pores are less numerous. It is also close to Voraspis usambarica, but has much shorter pygidial plates. It differs from V. carpenteri in having smaller and very much less prominent lateral lobes (Hall, 1946).
Structure: Female scale silvery white, low convex broadened posteriorly, exuviae pale golden. Ventral scale thin but entire except towards the posterior extremity; 2.5 mm long, 1.3 mm wide. Male scale white, uncarinated. Adult female with median lobes broader than long with inner edges divergent and apically serrate, separated by a distance of about the width of one and definitely yoked together at their bases. 2nd lobes duplex, inner lobule being much larger than the outer and flatly rounded (Hall, 1946).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall (1946).