Hemaspidoproctus Morrison, 1927

Gavrilov-Zimin, Ilya A., 2021, New and poorly known giant scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea: Margarodidae s. lat.) from the Oriental region with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the subfamily Monophlebinae, European Journal of Taxonomy 746 (1), pp. 50-61 : 56

Genus Hemaspidoproctus Morrison, 1927

Remarks

Morrison (1927: 104; 1928: 148) provided a description of this genus, based on its type species, Aspidoproctus cinerea Green, 1922 . However, neither this description nor the original description by Green (1922: 450) were accompanied by the total figures of the mounted female body and this significantly impedes the correct interpretation of the taxonomic characters. During a revisionary study of the old material, preserved in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an adult female specimen was discovered and successfully prepared; this specimen matches the descriptions of Green (1922) and Morrison (1927, 1928). A redescription and a modern-style figure of the species are provided here based on this specimen.