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Lepidosaphes agalegae (Mamet, 1974) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Insulaspis agalegae Mamet 1974: 168. Type data: AGALEGA ISLANDS: North Island, on Pisonia macrophylla, 21/05/1955, by R. Mamet. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes agalegae is related to L.tokionis from which it can be separated by the absence of cephalic lobes and by a submedian group of dorsal ducts on the 1st abdominal segment, the fewer number of dorsal ducts in the submedian groups of the 2nd and 6th abdominal segments and the much larger median lobes (Mamet, 1974).
Structure: Female scale brownish. Adult female membranous throughout except for the pygidium with cephalic extremity rounded and somewhat produced medially 0.8 mm long. Anterior spiracles with one parastigmatic pore. Abdominal segments weakly lobed laterally. 5th abdominal segment with a faint suggestion of a gland spur (Mamet, 1974).
General Remarks: Best description by Mamet (1974).