Valid Names Results

Namibia quadriloba Munting, 1969 (Diaspididae: Namibia)

Nomenclatural History

• Namibia quadriloba Munting 1969: 134-135. Type data: NAMIBIA: Kalkrand, on Acacia hebeclada, 25/08/1967, by J. Munting. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Muntin1969: pp.134 ( ) [Key to species of Namibia]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale black, granulose, shiny, covered with a thin layer of opaque secretory matter, varying in shape according to situation on host, but usually pyriform with 1st instar exuviae at broadest end; about 1.5 mm long. Male scale dirty white, elongate, non-carinate, about 1.2 mm long. Mounted adult female elongate, 1.2-1.5 mm long. 2nd instar female with median lobes well separated, apically serrate, 2nd lobes absent (Munting, 1969).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1969).

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