Valid Names Results
Amphisoma erectum Takagi, 1995 (Diaspididae: Amphisoma)Nomenclatural History
- Amphisoma erectum Takagi 1995a: 28-30. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan, Salogon, Batarasa, on Columbia serratifolia, 17/08/1993. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Malvaceae
- Colona serratifolia | Takagi1995a | (= Columbia serratifolia)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Philippines
- Palawan | Takagi1995a
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Test of female nearly ovoid, bivalve, the ventral portion being formed like the dorsal one, light brown; 2nd exuvial cast bivalve, being split along margin of thorax and abdomen, and thus incorporated in bivalve test. Test of male elongate, felted, with a slight median carina dorsally white, with 1st instar exuvial cast terminal (Takagi, 1995a).
- Biology: Tests of both sexes located on the anterior end among the dense hairs of the host (Takagi, 1995a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1995a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi1995a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 28-30
- Takagi2003: host, structure, 108
- Takagi2008: taxonomy, 93
- TakagiMa2010: phylogeny, structure, taxonomy, 45-46
