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Aulacaspis shoreae Takagi, 2013 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis shoreae Takagi 2013: 58. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Pulau Pinang [Penang Island]. Bukit Cendana, on Shorea multiflora 11/21/1991. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is very similar to A. fici.
Structure: Adult female 1300 µm long at maximum, pygidium 240-280 µm long, a little wider than long. Sclerotized, but only weakly and except on pesterior border of prosoma and on median area of prepygidial abdomen. Body deeply constricted between prosoma and metathorax. prosoma swollen into an eminent mass, roundish, tending to be slightly excavated medially on frontal margin, about 1.2-1.3 times as wide as long, widest across prosomatic tubercles, which are low and broad. Meta thorax nearly 0.6 times as wide as prosoma, (Takagi, 2013)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2013.

Takagi2013: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 58, 69-70, 86