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Tachardina albida Cockerell, 1901 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardina)

Tachardina (Tachardina) albida Cockerell 1901l: 249. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Verulan, on Mimosa sp.; collected Fuller.. Syntypes, unknown, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Tachardia albida (Cockerell, 1901); Fernald 1903b: 123. change of combination
Tachardina (Tachardina) albida Cockerell, 1901; Chamberlin 1923: 206. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Muntin1966: pp.121-122 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Tachardina in Southern Africa]
Hall1935b: pp.477 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Tachardina in Southern Africa]

Structure: Forming smooth yellowish-white masses on the twigs; the extremely dense and hard lac of the several individual running together; masses up to 10 mm. diameter and 30 in length. The individuals are marked externally by orange patches, each presenting a small corrugated or segmented ridge, and an aperture. Cavities for females globular to subpyriform. Male scales of the usual elongated form. red, with a very short dorsal segmented ridge, about one-third of total length of scale (Cockerell, 1901l).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Chamberlin (1923).