Valid Names Results

Chionaspis samatana Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis samatana Takagi 2019: 44. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzón, Bataan Peninsula, Samat Hill (top: 555m), Mt. Mariveles (summit: 1420m),, on Lithocarpus sp., 8/18/1994, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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 a small cluster of disc pores; posterior spircles each with a few disc pores.Female tests slender. (Takagi, 2019a) The second instar male is very similar to C. kinabaluana in the development of the marginal processes. (Takagi, 2019a)
• Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of leaves. (Takagi, 2019a)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a.

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