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Aulacaspis obconica Takagi, 2014 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis obconica Takagi 2014: 106-107. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malay Peninsula, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, 10/14/1986, on Actinodaphne sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is similar to Aulacaspis ferrisi in the rody, robuswt and tapering posteriorly, and in the median trullae, large and deeply sunken into the apex of the pygidium. It differs in the arrangement of the dorsal macroducts, which are usully absent in the submedian areas, and in the median trullae, whcih are distinctly narrower than in A ferrisi. (Takagi, 2014)
Structure: Body of fully grown adult female robust, of the rosae-type in shape; prosoma about 1.5 times as wide as long, rounded along free margin, with prosomatic tubercles suggested by sllight prominences; body roughly obsonical in outline, metathorax a little narrower than rposoma, then the segments successively narrower caudad. (Takagi, 2014)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2014.

Takagi2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 104-107, 143