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Rolaspis procera De Lotto, 1956 (Diaspididae: Rolaspis)

Rolaspis procera De Lotto 1956: 23-23. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Elaeodendron stuhlmanni, 21/06/1953, by G. De Lotto. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

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Systematics: Rolaspis procera is unique in having the inner lobule of the 2nd pair of pygidial lobes distinctly larger than the median ones (De Lotto, 1956).
Structure: Female scale silvery-white, very elongate and narrow, convex; larval and nymphal exuviae yellow, 3.2-3.5 mm long. Male scale opaque white, elongate, with a single median carina, 1.2-1.4 mm long. Adult female body very elongate with prosoma heavily chitinized. Pygidium broadly rounded with only two pairs of lobes. Median lobes small, almost recessed into pygidium, with apical edges stoutly crenulate. 2nd lobes very large, duplex. Inner lobule about twice the length of the median lobes and broadly rounded, outer lobule small and pointed. Marginal pygidial macroducts large and provided with a moderately long microduct inserted on the capitate head (De Lotto, 1956).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by De Lotto (1956).