Valid Names Results

Chionaspis melastomatis Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Chionaspis melastomatis Takagi 2019: 46. Type data: BORNEO: Sabah, Gg. Rinangsan (near Mt. Kinabalu), on Melastoma, 11/8/1988, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Melastomataceae

Melastoma | Takagi2019a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Malaysia

Sabah | Takagi2019a

Keys

Takagi2019a: pp.49 ( Adult (F) ) [Chionaspis in the tropics]

Remarks

Structure: Adult female body fusiform, narrowing anteriorly on head, rounded along free margin of pygidium. Anterior spiracles each with a small cluster of disc pores; posterior spiracles each with a few disc pores, rarely with none. (Takagi, 2019a)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of leaves. (Takagi, 2019a)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a.

Illustrations

Citations

Takagi2019a: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, male, taxonomy, 46. 49, 50-55, 73, 78