Valid Names Results

Aulacaspis hodgsoniae Takagi, 2015 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis hodgsoniae Takagi 2015: 145. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Selangor, Ulu Gombak (Alt. 210 m.), on Hodgsonia capricarpa, 10/2/1986, 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: Aulacaspis hodgsoniae and A. trichosanthis are remarkable in the median trullae, which are enlarged and roughly dentate, and in the dorsal macroducts, which are numerous, and of which some occur in clusters rather than rows. A. hodgsoniae differs from A. trichosanthis in having dorsal macroducts on one more segment, the second abdominal segment. It has, therefore, more dorsal macroducts in total. It tends to have more perivulvar disc pores, more lateral macroducts and gland spines on the second and third abdominal segments, and more marginal gland spines on the fourth abdominal segment. (Takagi, 2015)
Structure: Adult female body cuneiform in rough outline, widest across swollen prosoma, narrowing posteriorly on postsoma; prosomatic tubercles small; abdominal segment II lobed laterally, a little produced. Anterior spiracles each with disc pores in a compact cluster of moderate size; posterior spiracles each with a smaller loose cluster of disc pores. Perivulvar disc pores numerous especially in antero- and posterolateral groups. (Takagi, 2015)
Biology: Female and male tests were found on the lower surface of leaves. (Takagi, 2015)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2015.

Takagi2015: biology, description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 145, 173-174