Valid Names Results
Aulacaspis katus Takagi, 2012 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aulacaspis katus Takagi 2012a: 51. Type data: NEPAL: Gandaki, Pokhara District, Chotepatan (alt 900 m.), on Castanopsis tribuloides, 12/10/1983, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Castanopsis | Takagi2012a
- Castanopsis tribuloides | Takagi2012a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Nepal | Takagi2012a
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is peculiar and easily distinguishable from other Aulacaspis in having dorsal macroducts only submarginally on the third and fourth abdominal segments. (Takagi, 2012a)
- Structure: Female tests irregular in outline, flat, very thin, nearly transparent. Male tests tricainate. Body fusiform, with abdominal segments I and II well lobed laterally; meso- and metathorax somewhat expanded laterally at full growth. Anterior spiracles each with a small cluster of disc pores; posterior spiracles each with 1-3 disc pores anteriorly. Submedian macroducts absent. (Takagi, 2012a)
- Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of leaves. (Takagi, 2012a)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2012a.
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi2012a: biology, description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 51-52, 66, 104
