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Aspidoproctus armatus Newstead, 1911 (Monophlebidae: Aspidoproctus)

Aspidoproctus armatus Newstead 1911a: 160. Type data: GERMAN EAST AFRICA [? KENYA]: Amani, on Acacia sp.; collected xi.1903 by S.G. Vossler.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Berlin: Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lophococcus armatus (Newstead, 1911); Lindinger 1913: 86. change of combination Notes: Morris (1928) synonymized the genus Lophococcus Cockerell with Aspidoproctus Newstead creating the combination Aspidoproctus armatus.

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Countries: 4

Structure: Photograph of adult female by Newstead (1911a). Adult female 12-17 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, 6-8 mm high. Elongated, narrowed posteriorly; margin in front more or less truncate; sides broadly concave and deeply and coarsely punctate. Cephalic area sloping suddenly downwards the area defined by two widely separated and rounded ridges, most clearly defined towards the margin, each terminating with a short, stout, tooth-like waxen appendage: thoracic area with two large transverse ridges each bearing four large bluntly pointed processes: one lateral and two median: abdominal area flat, tapering more or less posteriorly…;margin with a series of blunt tooth-like waxen appendages… The whole of dorsum bears a thin coating of greyish granular wax (Newstead, 1911a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1911a).