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Diaspis hererina Munting, 1969 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis hererina Munting 1969: 123-124. Type data: NAMIBIA: Windhoek, on Loranthus sp., 29/08/1967, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Systematics: Diaspis hererina is similar to D. texensis, but is distinguishable from it in that the inner and outer lobules of the 2nd and 3rd lobes of the adult female are subequal in size, the 1st instar has 6-segmented antennae and no dorsocephalic ducts. It also resembles D. regularis (=Umbaspis regularis) in the development of the 2nd and 3rd lobes, but may be distinguished from it in the number and distribution of the dorsal ducts (Munting, 1969).
Structure: Female scale white, subcircular, about 2 mm in diameter, exuviae brown, placed at margin. Male cover parallel-sided, white, faintly tricarinate, about 1.2 mm in length. Adult female broadly turbinate or more or less oval, 1.0-1.3 mm long, prosoma slightly sclerotized at maturity (Munting, 1969).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Munting (1969).