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Aulacaspis tenuis Takagi, 2016 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis tenuis Takagi 2016: 54-55. Type data: MALAYSIA: Cameron Highlands, Mt. Jasar (1300 m.), 10/17/1986, on Helixanthera sp. . Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: A. tenuis is characteristic in having all the dorsal and marginal macroducts elongated and attenuated, unusual for a member of the genus (so that it is named tenuis). A. ixonanthis also has long marginal macroducts, those on the seventh abdominal segment much exceeding the median trullae in height, but it differs from A. tenuis, above all, in having distinctly zygotic median trullae. In A. tenuis as well as in A. cuneiformis and A. pyriformis the median trullae are non-zygotic and still sometimes appear to be connected basally by a slender, more or less sclerotic band of the derm. (Takagi, 2016)
Structure: Adult female body at full growth cuneiform in rough outline; prosoma well swollen, broadly rounded along anterior margin, little lobed laterally, distinctly wider than metathorax. (Takagi, 2016)
Biology: Females occurring on either the upper surface or both surfaces of leaves.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2016.

Takagi2016: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54-55, 75, 76