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Silvestraspis ficaria Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Silvestraspis)

Silvestraspis ficaria Williams & Watson 1988: 243. Type data: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, Tenaru, on Ficus glandifera, 21/02/1984, by M. Bigger. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: Silvestraspis ficaria can be told from S. uberifera by the poorly developed lateral lobes on the thorax, and the absence of gland spines lateral to the anterior spiracles (Williams & Watson, 1988).
Structure: Female scale oval, about 0.75 mm long, convex, yellow-brown, shiny except for dark center patch; exuviae of 1st instar terminal. Male scale smaller and flatter than female scale, elongate. Adult female on slide, small, 0.45 mm long, but usually about as wide as long and sometimes wider; membranous except for lightly sclerotized pygidium. Thorax prolonged laterally into weakly developed lobes. Pygidium with 3 pairs of lobes. Median lobes well separated, each pointed at apex, small, about as wide as long. 2nd and 3rd lobes small, triangular (Williams & Watson, 1988).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).