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Hexandaspis bataanensis Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Hexandaspis)

Hexandaspis bataanensis Takagi 2003: 94-96. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Bataan, Luzon, on Pterospermum diversifolium (Sterculiaceae), Aug. 1994.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body elongate; at full growth, very long owing to the elongation of the mesothorax, with the lateral sides nearly parallel and with the free segments only gently lobed laterally; pygidium obdeltate, little roundish along the margin. Prepygidial derm membranous; dorsal surface of the pygidium broadly sc1erotized, the ventral surface with 2 pairs of sc1erotized areas arising from the median and second trullae and 3 pairs of sclerotic patches more laterally. Submarginal dorsal bosses always present on abd I, II, IV, and VI, often occurring on III and sometimes on V; and a small boss usually present on VII, situated mesad of the marginal macroduct of VI, sometimes hardly discernible or apparently lacking. Antennae situated in front of the mouth-parts, separated from e,ach other by a space a little narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with 2 (rarely 1 or 3) slender setae. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of the leaves, burrowing under the dense tomentum. Females occurring on the midrib and thick lateral veins; tests elongate, moderately convex dorsally, and light to blackish brown; male tests occurring on the blade, occasionally on veins, greyish brown. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 94-96, 154-156