Valid Names Results
Hendersonaspis Normark, 2019 (
Diaspididae)
Nomenclatural History
- Hendersonaspis
Normark
2019: 86-90.
Type species: Protodiaspis anomala Green
by original designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily ASPIDIOTINAE Tribe LEUCASPIDINI (Normark, et al., 2019)
Although the adult female has relatively few features, the acute, heart-shaped pygidium is distinctive. Hendersonasp differs from Ancepaspis in having pores near the anterior spiracle (absent in isAncepaspis). (Normark, et al., 2019)
It is clear from molecular evidence that Hendersonasp is a member of the tribe Leucaspidini. Due to the loss of all pygidial appendages, the affinities of the genus are underdetermined by morphological characters. Nonetheless, most of the characters that are present are typical of the tribe Leucaspidini,
in particular the 5-locular pores by the anterior spiracle, pupillarial habit, elongate body shape, and ventral duct clusters laterad of the mouthparts. (Normark, et al., 2019)
- Structure: Adult female upillarial, remaining enclosed in the cuticle of 2nd instar; body membranous, widest at metathorax; anus at anterior end of pygidium; postanal portion of pygidial dorsum heart-shaped, acute posteriorly, with single pair of appressed, lightly sclerotized or membranous lobes. (Normark, et al., 2019)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Normark, et al., 2019.
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