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Crockeraspis fungosa Takagi, 2000 (Diaspididae: Crockeraspis)

Crockeraspis fungosa Takagi 2000: 48-49. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sabah, near Gunung Rinangsan, between Keningau and Ulu Kimanis, on the roadside, on Adinandra sp., 08/11/1988. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale globular, dirty grayish brown, appearing like a mass of hyphae; beneath this the central body is hard and shell-like in texture, forming a space to accommodate the insect body. Male scale oblong, white, smooth, with no median carina. Female scale is composed mostly of tubular wax filaments, while the male scale is composed mostly of coiled ribbon-like filaments. Adult female robust, pyriform, broadest across metathorax and base of abdomen, narrowing towards head (Takagi, 2000).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration of adult female, male and female second instars and first instar by Takagi (2000).

Takagi2000: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 48-49, 67-75