Valid Names Results

Aulacaspis litseae Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aulacaspis litseae Tang 1986: 296. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, Emei Mountain, on Litsea sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• JianXi2024: pp.595-597 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis from China]
• JoshiMoMe2023: pp.244-245 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Aulacaspis]
• TianXi2022: pp.174-176 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis species from China]
• WeiJiZh2016: pp.18-22 ( Adult (F) ) [Aulacaspis from China]

Remarks

• Systematics: Aulacaspis litseae is close to A. guangdongensis and A. projecta, but differs by the median lobes sunken and deeply divergent. It is also close to A. pallida, but can be told by having dorsal macroducts on the 2nd abdominal segment (Tang, 1986).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1986).

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