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Africonidia subsimplex (Hall)NOMENCLATURE:
Aonidia subsimplex Hall, 1931: 285. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Umtali and Mtoroshanga Pass, Umvukwes, on Acacia karroo and Acacia sp. Syntypes, female. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK. Described: female. Illust. Notes:
Africonidia subsimplex; Balachowsky, 1954c: 78. Change of combination.
Varicaspis subsimplex; Borchsenius, 1966: 317. Change of combination.
Hosts: Fabaceae: Acacia [Hall1931, DeLott1967a], Acacia karroo [new].
DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical: Kenya [DeLott1967a]; South Africa [Hall1931, Balach1958b, BenDov1974c]; Zimbabwe [Hall1931].
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1931) and by Balachowsky (1958b).
STRUCTURE: Scale of adult female circular in outline, capsular; it consists of two plates composed of the dorsal and ventral portions of the nymphal exuviae. These plates are more or less flat, highly chitinised, and overlap the sandwiched adult female. Male scale smaller than that of the adult female; narrowly oval. Exuviae black or very dark, with posterior portion pale brown; secretionary appendix dirty white (Hall, 1931).
KEYS: Ben-Dov 1974c: 22 (female) [World]; Balachowsky 1958b: 150 (female) [Africa].
CITATIONS: Balach1954c [taxonomy: 78]; Balach1958b [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 154-156]; BenDov1974c [taxonomy, host, distribution: 19,22]; BenDovGe2003 [catalogue: 55]; Borchs1966 [taxonomy, catalogue: 317]; DeLott1967a [host, distribution: 112]; Hall1931 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 285-286]; Lindin1943b [taxonomy: 218].
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