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Kyphosoma kinabaluense Takagi, 1993 (Diaspididae: Kyphosoma)

Kyphosoma kinabaluense Takagi 1993: 5-6. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sabah, Kinabalu National Park, Pinosuk Plateau, on Lithocarpus sp. and Castanopsis sp., 5-7/10/1988. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Structure: Female test with secretory part white, elongate, with exuvial casts terminal and translucent; completed test is highly convex dorsally, the secretory part being compressed laterally and in cross section, very thick on the ridge thus formed. Male test with secretory part white, elongate and tricarinate. Adult female body plump, elongate; at full growth abruptly and highly swollen dorsally in thorax, then gradually decreasing in height toward posterior end. Derm remaining membranous and segmentation indistinct (Takagi, 1993).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration of adult female, both sexes of second instars and both sexes of first instar exuvial cast by Takagi (1993).

Takagi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5-6, 21, 25, 31-33