Valid Names Results

Icaraspidiotus chaetopterus Takagi, 2000 (Diaspididae: Icaraspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Icaraspidiotus chaetopterus Takagi 2000: 57. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan Island, Maasin Forest, Brooke's Point, on Sideroxylon velutinum; collected 20 August 1993.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: The first instar nymph of this species is distinguished in having very long setae on thorax and abdomen, that are nearly twice as long as the antenna (Takagi, 2000). Female scale scallop-shaped rather than circular, flat, smooth, coriaceous, black, with posterior margin brownish; larval exuvial casts laid on test margin osculating the vein; it seems, however, that the first exuvial cast is usually lost at an early stage of test formation. Male scale much smaller, slightly elongate, blackish brown, with posterior margin whitish (Takagi, 2000).
• Biology: Tests of both sexes occur on the upper surface of the leaves along lateral veins (Takagi, 2000).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and first instar nymph by Takagi (2000).

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