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Aulacaspis trichosanthis Takagi, 2015 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis trichosanthis Takagi 2015: 144. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Kedah, Mt. Jerai, from Trichosanthes wallichiana, 11/7/1991, by S. Takagi. 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 and Aulacaspis hodgsoniae, which is described below, are characteristic in having the median trullae enlarged and roughly dentate and the dorsal macroducts very numerous, some of them forming clusters. They differ from each other in the segmental occurrence of the dorsal macroducts. (Takagi, 2015)
Structure: Adult female at full growth. Body cuneiform in rough outline, widest across swollen prosoma, tapering posteriorly on postsoma; prosoma roundish, somewhat sclerotic, prosomatic tubercles slightly produced; abdominal segment II lobed laterally but not very produced. Anterior spiracles each with disc pores in a compact cluster of moderate size; posterior spiracles each with a smaller loose cluster of disc pores. Perivulvar disc pores numerous especially in antero- and posterolateral groups. (Takagi, 2015)
Biology: Female and male tests occurring on leaves and mainly on the lower surface. (Takagi, 2015)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2015.

Takagi2015: biology, description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144, 171-172