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Andaspis ornata Hamilton & Williams, 2017 (Diaspididae: Andaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Andaspis ornata Hamilton & Williams 2017: 28-30. Type data: NEW CALEDONIA: Mt. Mou, Nothofagus baumannae twigs, 11/2/1978, by P.N. Johnson. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 2 adult females. Same data as holotype. Deposited at BMNH and NMNH. Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HamiltWiHa2017: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [Andaspis from New Caledonia]

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/F90EFDEA-5B2C-437E-8419-065C50C6AF65 The adult females of this species are different from all other species in the genus described so far, in having nine marginal macroducts located on the venter of the pygidium. This species is somewhat similar to Andaspis retrusa Williams, 1963, a species known to occur in India. Adult females of the two species have microducts present in groups across the body surface and have a second lobe. This species differs from A. retrusa by the following characters (those for A. retrusa in parentheses): five marginal macroducts on the dorsum (four marginal macroducts on the dorsum), one submarginal macroduct on the dorsum (numerous dorsal ducts on the dorsum), two scleroses arising from each median lobe (no scleroses arising from each median lobe), lacking perivulvar pores (five groups of perivulvar pores), and antennae with four setae (antennae with three setae). (Hamilton, et al., 2017)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 1.36–2.72 mm long; widest at mesothorax, 0.90–1.67 mm. Body outline obovate, derm membranous except for pygidium. Each antenna with four setae. Anterior spiracles each with 1–2 disc pores, each about 4 μm in diameter, indistinguishable number of loculi; posterior spiracles lacking pores. A prominent cicatrix located on each side of mesothorax on dorsal side of body. Anterior abdominal segments well-developed with convex margins; tooth-like tubercles present on margins of segments 1, 3, and 4. In addition to gland spines on pygidium, gland spines also present along the margins of abdominal segments 3 and 4. Many microducts located on the dorsum of the metathorax and abdominal segments 1, 2, 3, and 4. Short macroducts present along margins of venter. (Hamilton, et al., 2017)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hamilton, et al., 2017.

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