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Lepidosaphes araucariae Beardsley, 1965 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes araucariae Beardsley 1965b: 51-54. Type data: UNITED STATES: Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu Zoo, on Araucaria excelsa, 10/11/1964, by J.W. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes araucariae is similar to L. maskelli and L. sciadopitysi, but can be separated from these by the smaller, more numerous dorsal tubular ducts and by the absence of gland spines and gland tubercles on the anterior abdominal segments and metathorax (Beardsley, 1965b).
Structure: Female scale pale brown, terminal first exuviae amber, about 1.5-2.0 mm long. Male scale similar, but smaller. Adult female 0.6-0.85 mm long. Body elongate, slightly fusiform, widest across metathorax and abdominal segment 1. Pygidium with median lobes short, moderately broad, with single weakly developed lateral notch on each side (Beardsley, 1965b).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Beardsley (1965b). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006)