Valid Names Results

Chionandaspis palawanensis Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Chionandaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionandaspis palawanensis Takagi 2003: 78. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan, Brooke's point (Maasin Forest). Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Very similar to Chionandaspis foliicola, but distinguishable by the following characters: anus distinctly larger than a perivulvar disc pore, and situated at the level of the vulva; submedian microducts occurring on the ventral surface of abd IV enlarged, somewhat smaller than the dorsal macroducts of the segment. (Takagi, 2003)
• Biology: Females occurring on the lower surface ofthe leaves, mostly on the midrib, burrowing under a thin translucent epidermal layer. (Takagi, 2003)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illlustration in Takagi, 2003.

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