Valid Names Results
Africaspis muntingi Ben-Dov, 1973 (Diaspididae: Africaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Africaspis muntingi Ben-Dov 1973a: 135, 139. Type data: NAMIBIA: Windhoek, on Acacia sp., 2/09/1969, by C.G. Coetzee. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in USNM and BMNH. Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Acacia oshanesii | BenDov1973a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Namibia (=South West Africa) | BenDov1973a
- South Africa | BenDov1973a
Keys
- BenDov1973a: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the species of Africaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is close to Africaspis communis and A. gala, but may be distinguished from both of these species by the presence of dorsal bosses on segment I only and by the presence of an elongated boss on the dorsal area of the mesothorax (Ben-Dov, 1973a).
- Structure: Scale of female white; rounded posteriorly and tapering at the anterior apex in which are placed the brown larval exuviae (Ben-Dov, 1973a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ben-Dov (1973a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1973a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 135, 137, 139
- TakagiPoGh1988: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5, 11, 20, 26, 34
