Valid Names Results

Aulacaspis mesuarum Takagi, 1999 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aulacaspis mesuarum Takagi 1999: 144. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur, on Mesua ferrea. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to A. calophylli, but can be distinguished in having submedian macroducts on the second abdominal segment (Takagi, 1999).
• Structure: Female test white, circular, flat, thin and nearly semitransparent; second exuvial cast brown, blackish medially, or wholly blackish brown; first exuvial cast blackish brown (Takagi, 1999).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1999).

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