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Aulacaspis gracilis Takagi, 2012 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis gracilis Takagi 2012a: 24. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sabah (northeastern Borneo) (alt. 2500m). Mt. Kinabalu, on Actinodaphne pruinosa, 10/2/1988, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species represents an unusually narrow form of the rosae-type. The absence of macroducts and gland spines on the lateral lobes of the second abdominal segment is another remarkable character of this species. (Takagi, 2012a)
Structure: Living female body large, thin but not transparent.Mounted specimen body of the rosae-type, with prosoma swollen into a mass distinctly broader than postsoma, but the whole body unusually narrow for a species of this type. Prosoma as long as or a little shorter than wide, gradually broadening caudad, broadest subbasally, prosomatic tubercles low and inconspicuous, meta thorax well lobed laterally. Peribuccal scleroses well represented. Posterior spiracles each with a loose cluster of disc pores laterally. (Takagi, 2012a)
Biology: Occurring on the lower surface of leaves. (Takagi, 2012a)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2012a.

Takagi2012a: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 24-25, 65, 78