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Aspidoproctus mirabilis (Cockerell, 1901) (Monophlebidae: Aspidoproctus)

Lophococcus mirabilis Cockerell 1901l: 248. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Verulan, on Mimosa sp.; collected Fuller.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Morris (1928) synonymized the genus Lophococcus Cockerell with Aspidoproctus Newstead creating the combination Aspidoproctus mirabilis.
Aspidoproctus mirabilis (Cockerell, 1901); Vayssière 1926: 280. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Watson2022: pp.335 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidoproctus in eastern and southern Africa]

Structure: Adult female very convex, 10 mm long, 8 mm broad, 7 mm high, exclusive of the dorsal spine; very strong chitinised throughout, hard, tough, but brittle, blackish brown, rugose and dull, with a thin coating of granular wax; on the middle of the back is a stout erect spine about 3 mm long, like a spike on a military helmet; on each side is a pair of short stout spines in the subdorsal region, the posterior smaller and not amounting to more than a nodule; anterior end of insect somewhat elevated, with two more or less developed blunt and thick longitudinal keels (Cockerell, 1901l; Brain, 1915).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell (1901l), Brain (1915) and by Morrison (1928). Ben-Dov's distribution record of the species in Kenya, based on LIndinger (1913), was in error.