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Lepidosaphes carolinensis Beardsley, 1966 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes euryae; Takahashi 1936c: 117. misidentification (discovered by Beards1966, 537).
Lepidosaphes carolinensis Beardsley 1966: 537-539. Type data: FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Yap Island, Yap, on Alocasia sp., 02/07/1956, by McDaniel. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in USNM. Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: Lepidosaphes carolinensis is allied to L. euryae. Both are relatively robust species without conical spines or minute spicules on the head, but otherwise similar to L. tubulorum and others which possess characteristic minute dorsal tubular ducts and an elongate dorsal sclerosis extending posteriorly from anal opening. However, L. euryae differs from L. carolinensis in that it lacks sclerotized spines on lateral margins of abdominal segments 2 to 4 and has fewer dorsal microducts and fewer perispiracular disc pores (Beardsley, 1966).
Structure: Adult female 1.0-1.3 mm long. Body moderately elongate, fusiform, widest across abdominal segment 1. Pygidium with median lobes moderately small, apical margin rounded, entire, mesal and sometimes outer margin with a slight notch (Beardsley, 1966).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Beardsley (1966).