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Kuchingaspis hopeae Takagi, 2005 (Diaspididae: Kuchingaspis)

Kuchingaspis hopeae Takagi 2005: 160. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sarawak (Borneo Is.), Kuching, on Hopea sp., 9/28/1991m\, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female test elongate, convex dorsally, probably white, appearing brownish owing to the colour of the covering host epidermis. (Takagi, 2005) Adult female body elongate, about 4 times as long as wide at full growth, with segments slightly lobed laterally; prepygidial derm remaining membranous; 3 submarginal dorsal bosses on each side of abdomen: 1 on each of abd I, III, and V; pygidium with apical sclerotized area on ventral surface well represented. Antennae on frontal margin, separated from each other by a space narrower than frame of mouth-parts, each with a short curved seta. (Takagi, 2005)
Biology: Females burrowing under a thin epidermal layer of the twig. Slender, tricarinate, and semierect male tests were found on the twigs. (Takagi, 2005)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2005.

Takagi2005: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 160, 170-171