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Aulacaspis connari Takagi, 2018 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis connari Takagi 2018: 40. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzón, Quezon, Dolores, Kinabuhayan, on Connarus semidecandrus, 11/25/1992, by S. Takagi. 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 Notes: Nine mounted adult females including the holotype. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is very similar to Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead and distinguished from the latter on account of the basal zygotic sclerite of the median trullae, which is well developed in the shape of an inverted V and produced anteriorly beyond the bases of the trullae. This state of zygosis is unique to this species in the tubercularis group. (Takagi, 2018)
Structure: Adult female at full growth with prosoma well swollen, much broader than postsoma, of which the prepygidial segments are nearly the same in width; pygidiumlittle roundish marginally. Prosoma broadest at the level of prosomatic tubercles, broadly rounded on anterior margin; prosomatic tubercles prominent, rounded apically, and broadened basally. Anterior spiracles each with disc pores forming a small thick arciform group of moderate size; posterior spiracles each with much fewer disc pores arranged along a line bent twice to form a narrowly and transversely oblong space. (Takagi, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2018.

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