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Banahaoa bayokana Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Banahaoa)

Banahaoa bayokana Takagi 2003: 100. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Quezon, Santa Lucia, at foot of Mt. Banahao, on Pterospermum celebicum; collected December 1992.. Holotype, female, 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: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body obpyriform; pygidium produced, roundish on the margin. Dorsal surface ofthe pygidium sclerotic, striate longitudinally, with a sclerotized patch laterobasally on each side; ventral surface with a sclerotized area apically, and with a pair of longitudinal sclerotized bands associated with the perivulvar disc pores. Antennae situated within the frontal margin, separated from each other by a space as wide as the frame of the mouth-parts, each with a long curved seta. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of the leaves, burrowing under the tomentum; females mainly on the midrib, and males on the blade. Tests thin and white. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Takagi (2003).

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 99-100, 161