Foldi, I. 1981 Margarodesia desmieri, n.gen. n.sp., cochenille Afro-tropicale nuisible au palmier à huile. [Margarodesia desmieri, new genus new species, afrotropical scale insect, injurious to palm-oil (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Margarodidae)].. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 17: 331-335.

Notes: A subterranean scale insect, Margarodesia desmieri, gen. et sp. nov., injurious to palm-oil, is described from Ivory Coast. It is characterized by 2 abdominal spiracles in the cyst stage and in the adult female. The insects perturb the growth of palm trees and can transmit pathogenic elements.