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Aonidia rhusae Brain

NOMENCLATURE:

Aonidia simplex; Brain, 1919: 214. Illust. Misidentification; discovered by Munting, 1965a: 185.

Aonidia rhusae Brain, 1919: 215. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town, on Rhus sp.; collected by C. Fuller 1898. Syntypes, female. Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa. Described: female. Illust.

Cryptaspidiotus rhois Lindinger, 1931a: 43. Unjustified emendation; discovered by Borchsenius, 1966: 364.

Cryptaspidiotus rhois; Lindinger, 1931a: 43. Change of combination.

Aonidia rhusae; Balachowsky, 1958b: 238. Revived combination.



Foe: HYMENOPTERA Encyrtidae: Metaphycus [Prinsl1983].

Hosts: Anacardiaceae: Rhus [Brain1919, Balach1958b, Muntin1965a], Rhus longispina [Muntin1965a]. Boraginaceae: Ehretia hottentottica [Brain1919], Ehretia rigida [Muntin1965a]. Oleaceae: Olea africana [Muntin1969].

DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical: South Africa [Brain1919, Balach1958b, Muntin1969].

GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1919) and by Balachowsky (1958b).

STRUCTURE: Scale of adult female about 1.5 mm. long, brown, or blackish brown, owing to the black second stage skin showing through the brownish dorsal scale. The dorsal scale is comparatively large and robust, brownish in colour, probably from the admixture of epidermal tissues. Exuviae central, dark brown. Male scale almost circular to elongate oval, somewhat conical, smooth, parchment-like, buff, or brownish with dark brown central exuviae (Brain, 1919).

KEYS: Munting 1965b: 189 (female) [South Africa].

CITATIONS: Balach1958b [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 238,241]; BenDovGe2003 [catalogue: 76-77]; Borchs1966 [catalogue: 364-365]; Brain1919 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 215-216]; Lindin1931a [taxonomy: 43,90]; Muntin1965a [taxonomy, host, distribution: 185,187,189]; Muntin1969 [host, distribution: 120]; Muntin1970a [taxonomy: 39-40]; Prinsl1983 [distribution, biological control: 26].



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