Valid Names Results
Aulacaspis mesuae Takagi, 1999 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aulacaspis mesuae Takagi 1999: 141. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Pasoh Forest Reserve, Negeri Sembilan, on Mesua ferrea, 26/11/1985. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Calophyllaceae
- Mesua ferrea | Takagi1999
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Malaysia
- Malaya | Takagi1999
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Aulacaspis mesuae is quite distinct from other species in its broadly dilated median lobes (Takagi, 1999).
- Structure: Adult female body of the rosae type; at full growth prosoma rather quadrate and together with metathorax and abd I, somewhat sclerotized; pygidium nearly triangular (Takagi, 1999).
- Biology: Specimens occurred on the lower leaf surface, females burrowed under a thin epidermal layer of the leaf (Takagi, 1999).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1999).
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 141
