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Dentaspis pygaei (Hall, 1937) (Diaspididae: Dentaspis)

Chionaspis (Dinaspis) pygaei Hall 1937: 120-122. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Melsetter, on Pygaeum africanum, ?/07/1934, by R.W. Jack. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Inchoaspis pygaei (Hall, 1937); Hall 1946a: 522. change of combination
Dentaspis pygaei (Hall, 1937); Borchsenius 1966: 36. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Hall1946a: pp.522 ( ) [Key to species of Inchoaspis] Key as: Inchoaspis pygaei

Structure: Puparium of adult female relatively large, narrowed in front and broadening posteriorly, highly convex, larval exuviae golden. Nymphal exuviae a reddish-brown and covered by a thin film of dirty white secretionary matter which obscures the color, but is readily peeled off. The exuviae occupy more than one-third of the entire puparium. Secretionary appendix a dirty white with rather unusually conspicuous transverse striations. Ventral scale white and thin, usually broken away to a greater or lesser degree over the posterior half. Adult female is large, globose and pyriform (Hall, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hall (1937).