Valid Names Results
Chionaspis rhombiphora Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Chionaspis rhombiphora Takagi 2019: 40. Type data: BORNEO: Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, alt. ca. 1500–1600m, 10/05-08/1988, on Quercus gemilliflora, 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: 3
- Fagaceae
- Castanopsis | Takagi2019a
- Castanopsis acuminatissima | Takagi2019a
- Lithocarpus | Takagi2019a
- Quercus gemilliflora | Takagi2019a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Malaysia
- Malaya | Takagi2019a
- Sabah | Takagi2019a
Keys
- Takagi2019a: pp.49 ( Adult (F) ) [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 disc pores usually few, rarely no disc pores. Posterior spiracles without disc pores.Tests thin. .(Takagi, 2019a)
- Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of leaves. Females burrowing under a thin upper layer of the epidermis.(Takagi, 2019a)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi2019a: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 40-42, 49, 50-55, 64-65
