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Coronaspis malabarica Takagi, 1999 (Diaspididae: Coronaspis)

Coronaspis malabarica Takagi 1999a: 104-105. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Anaimalai, on undetermined plant, 03/12/1978. Holotype, female, Type depository: Calcutta: National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, India; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Coronaspis malabarica is very similar to C. malesiana, differing in the following characters: the pygidium is broader and more roundish along the margin; the sclerotized spiniform processes occurring between the median lobes are shorter than in C. malesiana, and are applied to the base of a membranous slender process which occurs between them and projects beyond the apices of the median lobes; 2 or 3 marginal macroducts are associated with the serrate marginal processes of the 5th abdominal segment; no median macroducts occur on prepygidial abdominal segments (Takagi, 1999a).
Structure: Female scale elongate, brown. Male scale felt-like, white, obscurely tricarinate (Takagi, 1999a).Male scale felt-like in texture, white, with a median carina. Adult female elongate, fusiform, 1.3 mm long, membranous except for pygidium, which is weakly sclerotized, rather narrow, nearly triangular and slightly roundish along the margin (Takagi, 1999a).
Biology: This species was collected at an altitude of 900m (Takagi, 1999a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1999a).

Takagi1999a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 104-105,116,128,134