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Chionaspis lithocarporum Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Chionaspis lithocarporum Takagi 2019: 35. Type data: MALAYA: Ulu Kali, alt. ca. 1700m, on Lithocarpus, 11/28/1985, 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: C. lithocarporum as understood in Takagi (2019a) was collected at two widely separated localities in Malaya, Ulu Kali and the Cameron Highlands, and the samples are divisible into two local forms. The median trullae are somewhat shorter in the form from the Cameron Highlands, and the main wax organs tended to be less numerous in the samples from this locality. The two localities are about 135km distant from each other, with a range of mountains between them. Material from the intermediate area, when available, may indicate whether the local forms really belong to one and the same species.
Structure: Adult female body growing to be much elongated and nearly parallel-sided, becoming about twice to thrice as long as wide. Anterior spiracles each with a cluster of disc pores variable in number and tending to form an arched row; posterior spiracles each with a much smaller cluster, at times without disc pores. (Takagi, 2019a)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the upper surface of leaves, females often along the midrib. Female tests elongate, thin and translucent. (Takagi, 2019a)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a.

Takagi2019a: description, distribution, host, key, male, taxonomy, 35-37, 49, 50-55, 58-59, 76