Valid Names Results

Chionaspis oligocera Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Chionaspis oligocera Takagi 2019: 38. Type data: MALAYA: Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, alt. ca. 1500m, on Lithocarpus sp. (Fagaceae), 10/20/1986, 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

Fagaceae

Lithocarpus | Takagi2019a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Malaysia

Malaya | Takagi2019a

Keys

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

Remarks

Structure: Females tests very thin and translucent. Body growing to be much elongated and nearly parallel-sided. Anterior spiracles each with a few disc pores usually; posterior spiracles without disc pores. (Takagi, 2019a)
Biology: Females occurring on the lower surface of leaves, burrowing under a thin upper layer of the epidermis,
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a

Illustrations

Citations

Takagi2019a: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 39, 49, 50-55, 61