Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes chamaecyparidis Takagi & Kawai, 1966 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes chamaecyparidis Takagi & Kawai 1966: 98-99. Type data: JAPAN: Sikoku, Yanase, on Chamaecyparis obtusa, by S. Takagi; Honshu, Tokyo, on C. obtusa, by S. Kawai. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes chamaecyparidis resembles L. japonica and L. maskelli, but is easily distinguishable from them by L2 with inner lobule quite large in comparison with L1 and with the outer lobule disproportionately narrow (Takagi & Kawai, 1966).
Structure: Adult female body small in size, free abdominal segments hardly lobed laterally. Pygidium trapezoidal, with 2 pairs of well developed lobes, the 3rd reduced to mere marginal serrations (Takagi & Kawai, 1966).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi & Kawai (1966). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006)