Valid Names Results

Dungunia cnestis Takagi, 1993 (Diaspididae: Dungunia)

Nomenclatural History

Dungunia cnestis Takagi 1993: 3-4. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Terengganu, Kuala Dungun, on Cnestis palala, 18/07/1990. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Connaraceae

Cnestis palala | Takagi1993

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Malaysia

Malaya | Takagi1993

Keys

Remarks

Structure: Female scale largely composed of thin, translucent exuvial casts, with a short white secretory part behind. Male scale with secretory part white, thin, elongate and slightly carinate medially. Adult female body plump, ovoid with both ends rounded; segmentation indistinct (Takagi, 1993).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1993).

Illustrations

Citations

Takagi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 3-4