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Rolaspis chaetachmae (Brain, 1919) (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Chionaspis chaetachmae Brain 1919: 235. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Durban, on Chaetachme aristata, 12/10/1914, by C. Fuller. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,37). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) lounsburyi ekebergiae Brain 1920: 99. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Durban, on Ekebergia sp., ?/07/1915, by C. Fuller. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; junior synonym (discovered by Muntin1969, 141). Illustr.
Duplachionaspis chaetachmae (Brain, 1919); MacGillivray 1921: 334. change of combination
Phenacaspis lounsburyi ekebergiae (Brain, 1920); MacGillivray 1921: 349. change of combination
Chionaspis chaetachmes Brain, 1919; Lindinger 1932: 196. misspelling of species epithet
Rolaspis chaetachmae (Brain, 1919); Hall 1946a: 543. change of combination
Rolaspis lounsburyi ekebergiae (Brain, 1920); Hall 1946a: 534. change of combination
Phenacaspis ekebergiae (Brain, 1920); Ferris 1955: 48. change in status (level)
Rolaspis ekebergiae (Brain, 1920); Ferris 1956: 73. change of combination

Families: 4 | Genera: 6

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Muntin1969: pp.139 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rolaspis]
Hall1946a: pp.534 ( ) [Key to species of Rolaspis] Key as: Rolaspis lounsburyi var. ekebergiae
MacGil1921: pp.334 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Duplachionaspis] Key as: Duplachionaspis chaetachmae
MacGil1921: pp.349 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis lounsburyi ekebergiae

Structure: Female scale large, 3.0-3.4 mm long, elongate, white, smooth, glossy, very long and narrow. Exuviae brownish, 2nd exuviae completely covered with secretion. Ventral scale formed by the thick inturned edge of the dorsal scale. Male scale 1.0 mm long, very flat, white, non-carinated; exuviae straw-colored. Adult female 2.0 mm long, narrow in front and gradually broadening (Brain, 1919).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Munting (1965b).