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Aulacaspis digitifera Takagi, 2012 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis digitifera Takagi 2012a: 36. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan, Brooke's Point, Maasin Forest, on Litsea garciae, 8,2,1993, 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 Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body of the vitis=type, but peculiar in abdominal segment I much produced laterally to forma digitiform lobe on each side. Posterior spiracles each with 1 or 2 disc pores anteriorly. Dorsal macroducts few, occurring on abdominal segments III-V. Median trullae much larger than lateral trullae, robust, with bases sunken into apex of pygidium, and with mesal margins divergent, roundish and minutely serrate; basal zygosis represented by crooked slender scleroses united together at their mesal ends. (Takagi, 2012a)
Biology: Occurring on the lower surface of leaves and burrowing under the thin upper epidermis. (Takagi, 2012a)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2012a.

Takagi2012a: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 36, 66, 89