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Aspidoproctus giganteus Newstead, 1914 (Monophlebidae: Aspidoproctus)

Aspidoproctus giganteus Newstead 1914: 303. Type data: NIGERIA: Ibadan, on Silk Cotton Tree, Ceiba bombax, 7 June 1913, collected W.A. Lamborn.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Structure: Adult female completely covered with a thin, compact coating of dusky grey secretion; the secretionary matter is, however, frequently worn a way either partly or entirely so, revealing the dark castaneous chitin beneath. Dorsum with a large, double, mammiform projection, which arises at the junction of the abdomen with the thorax; abdominal area with a submarginal series of tubercular projections, often but faintly indicated; margin with short, broad and often bifid waxen appendages (Newstead, 1914).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1914).