Valid Names Results

Chionandaspis ramicola Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Chionandaspis)

Chionandaspis ramicola Takagi 2003: 76-77. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sarawak, Kuching district, Santubong (Damai Beach). Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Body elongate, stout; cephaloprothorax with a pair of small marginal protuberances a little anterior to the anterior spiracles; meso- and metathorax and abd I-III lobed laterally, especially metathorax and abd I and II strongly produced to form digiti form processes; pygidium broad, obdeltate. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females burrowing into the epidermis of the twigs. Males occurring mainly on the upper surface of the leaves; a few tests were found on the lower surface of the leaves and on the twigs; tests white, made of fluffy wax. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illlustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, illustration, physiology, structure, taxonomy, 76, 107, 120-122