Valid Names Results

Damaia swintoniae Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Damaia)

Damaia swintoniae Takagi 2003: 72-73. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sarawak, Kuching district, Santubong (Damai Beach). Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Hypaspidiotus jordani (Kuwana), a member of the subfamily Aspidiotinae, is very similar to Damaia swintoniae in having three pairs of well-developed dentate trullae. It burrows under the vestiture on the lower surface of the leaves of Castanopsis cuspidata in Japan. Though belonging to the different subfamilies, these two species may represent a particular type of the pygidial fringe adapted to burrowing. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of the leaves. Females burrowing under a thin epidermal layer of the leaf; tests visible through the epidermal layer, elongate, moderately expanded posteriorly, and dark brown. Males not burrowing; tests white, felted, and tricarinate. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.