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Cameronaspis ilicis Takagi, 2005 (Diaspididae: Cameronaspis)

Cameronaspis ilicis Takagi 2005: 156. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sabah (Borneo Is.), Gunong Kinabalu, Taman Kinabalu [Kinabalu National Park], on Ilex revoluta, 9/30/1988, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Adult female similar to the adult female of Cameronaspis adinandrae in having small second trullae and a small pore prominence between the median and second trullae, but distinguishable from that species in having much more macroducts. No difference has been observed between the twig and leaf forms. Second-instar male similar to the second-instar male of Cameronaspis adinandrae in having many large modified ducts, which are, however, more numerous than in that species. (Takagi, 2005)
Biology: Females occurring mainly on the twigs and also on the leaves (at the base of the lower surface and at times on the upper surface) and petioles; males on the lower surface of the leaves. Females do not burrow, their tests being exposed, white, elongate, and convex dorsally, those on the leaves being broader; male nymphs settling themselves close together to make the shape of their individual tests obscure. (Takagi, 2005)
General Remarks: Description and illustrations in Takagi, 2005.