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Aulacaspis altiplagae Chen, 1983 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis altiplagae Chen 1983: 37, 38, 92. Type data: CHINA: Linzhi, Xizang, on Rosa sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Female can be told from others in its genus by its long and slender median lobes which are strongly divergent from base to apex, 6th abdominal segment possesses 6 dorsal macroducts in submedian region and 2 ducts on the submarginal. Closely similar to Aulacaspis megaloba, but different in the median lobes, much smaller and distribution of dorsal macroducts in submarginal series of 6th abdominal segment where the latter is lacking (Chen, 1983).
Structure: Adult female at full growth with prosoma swollen, a little broader than metathorax, rounded along free margin; prosomatic tubercles indiscernible. Anterior spiracles each with 20–25 disc pores; posterior spiracles each with 10–16. Perivulvar disc pores numerous in 5 groups. (Takagi, 2017)
Biology: This species was collected at 3400 meters above sea level (Chen, 1983).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Chen (1983).

Chen1983: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 35, 37-38, 92, 123
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, 194
Hua2000: distribution, host, taxonomy, 148
JianXi2024: key, 596
Takagi2017: description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 81, 89-90
TianXi2022: distribution, key, 173, 175
WeiJiZh2016: key, 19