Valid Names Results

Andaspis glutae Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Andaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Andaspis glutae Takagi 2003: 91-92. Type data: SINGAPORE: Bukit Timah.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 2 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Systematics: This species may be related to Andaspis numerata (=A. dasi) described by Williams (1963) from West Bengal, India. Compared with the descriptions of A. numberata, A. glutae is distinguishable from A. numerata by the following characters: each antenna has two setae; abdominal disc pores are present on the last prepygidial segment in addition to the peri vulvar groups; the marginal macroduct occurring in the posterolateral comer of abd IV is slender; abd VI is provided with more numerous dorsal ducts, which form a longer row across the submedian and submarginal areas. (Takagi, 2003)
• Structure: Adult female body fusiform, broadest across abd II and III, or (when overgrown?) elongate, with the metathorax and abd I-IV subequal in width; pygidium obdeltate. Prepygidial derm remaining membranous, but intersegmental furrows tending to be sclerotized at full growth; dorsal surface of the pygidium sclerotic, the ventral surface with 2 pairs of sclerotized areas arising from the bases of the median and second trullae and with a pair of oblique sclerotic patches laterally to them. Six submarginal dorsal bosses present on each side of the abdomen, belonging to abd I-VI. Antennae situated in front of the mouth-parts, separated from each other by a space narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with 2 setae, of which one is robust and the other much smaller. (Takagi, 2003)
• Biology: Females burrowing into the epidermis of the branches; some tests were nearly exposed but closely stuck on the bark. Male tests also present on the branches but not burrowing. Tests of both sexes blackish brown. (Takagi, 2003)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

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