Valid Names Results
Chionaspis rhombifera Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Chionaspis rhombifera Takagi 2019: 39. Type data: BORNEO: Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, alt. ca. 1700m, on Castanopsis acuminatissima, 10/12/1988, 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
- Fagaceae
- Castanopsis acuminatissima | Takagi2019a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Malaysia
- Sabah | Takagi2019a
Keys
- Takagi2019: pp.49 ( Adult (F) Adult (M) ) [Chionaspis in the tropics]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female. Body growing to be much elongated and nearly parallel-sided, becoming about thrice as long as wide. Anterior spiracles each with a small cluster of disc pores; posterior spiracles without disc pores.(Takagi, 2019a)
- Biology: Females occurring on the lower surface of the leaves, burrowing under a thin upper layer of the epidermis. (Takagi, 2019a)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi2019a: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 39-40, 49, 50-55, 62-63
