Valid Names Results

Aulacaspis aceris Takahashi, 1935 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aulacaspis mangiferae aceris Takahashi 1935: 12-13. Type data: TAIWAN: Takao Prefecture, Heito-Gun, Budai, on Acer kawakamii, 24/03/1934, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name
• Aulacaspis aceris Takahashi, 1935; Scott 1952: 35. change in status (level)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• JianXi2024: pp.595-597 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis from China]
• TianXi2022: pp.174-176 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis species from China]
• Chen1983: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Aulacaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species can be told from Aulacaspis tubercularis in lacking some very small dorsal glands on the metathorax and basal 2 abdominal segments, as well as in the dorsal glands on the pygidium somewhat fewer, and in the colour of larval skins (Takahashi, 1935).
• Structure: Adult female scale pale white, semitransparent, subcircular, thin, flattened, about 1.75mm long. Larval skins pale yellow, located on the marginal area of the scale. Adult female body wider than long (Takahashi, 1935).
• General Remarks: Best description by Takahashi (1935).

Illustrations

Citations