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Aulacaspis pyriformis Takagi, 2016 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis pyriformis Takagi 2016: 51-56. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan Is., Batarasa, on Viscum articulatum, 8/18/1993, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is undoubtedly closely related to A. cuneiformis, from which it is easily distinguishable in having dorsal macroducts on one more segment, the first abdominal segment. The adult female at full growth is stout, being obpyriform rather than cuneiform in rough outline. The state around the bases of the median trullae is similar to that in A. cuneiformis: the basal sclerites of the median trullae are separated from each other by a space, but there is often a sclerotic band across the space, connecting the bases of the trullae. (Takagi, 2016)
Structure: Adult female body at full growth obpyriform in rough outline; prosoma well swollen and broadened, much wider than metathorax, nearly rounded on free margin. (Takagi, 2016)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2016.

Takagi2016: description, diagnosis, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 51-52, 72, 73