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Forticauda borchsenii Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019 (Asterolecaniidae: Forticauda)

Nomenclatural History

• Forticauda borchsenii Gavrilov-Zimin 2019: 5. Type data: INDIA: Assam: “Nongkerdem”, on leaves of undetermined bamboo (Poaceae), 2/12/1964, by N. Borchsenius. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype: female on separate slide, but with the same collecting data as holotype. Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Adult female body covered with unusual black test, looking like the test of the armored scale insects (Diaspididae), but with small orifice above anal apparatus. Antennae reduced to unsegmented vestiges, bearing each several setae. Legs absent. Anal apparatus represented by a sclerotized anal ring, bearing six short setae and located at apex of a sclerotized conical protuberance on dorsum of abdomen. Dorsal tubes absent. Multilocular pores absent. Quinquelocular pores forming bands between each spiracle and body margin. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019.

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