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Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius, 1958 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius 1958a: 169-170. Type data: CHINA: Nankin, on Cupressus sp., 10/10/1954, by N. Shutova. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes foliicola Borchsenius 1961a: 252. replacement name that is unjustified Replacement name for Lepidosaphes cupressi Notes: Takagi (1962a) states that the name L. cupressi was once used by Coleman to describe an American species now placed in Lineaspis, but in 1963, Takagi changes his view, stating the following: "In 1961 Borchsenius rejected the name Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius, 1958, as a junior secondary homonym of Leucaspis cupressi Coleman, 1903, giving the new name Lepidosaphes foliicola. So far as I am aware, Leucaspis cupressi Coleman is not a member of the genus Lepidosaphes Shimer, but belongs truly to the genus Lineaspis MacGillivray as Ferris already treated it in 1937. Accordingly, acting upon the ICZN, Article 59(c), the name Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius should be restored as the valid name for the present species."
• Cornuaspis cupressi (Borchsenius, 1958); Borchsenius 1963: 1168. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 9

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]
• Chou1982: pp.155 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes cupressi is close to L. beckii, but can be told by the developed spines along the sides of the abdomen and large number of plates (Borchsenius, 1958a).
• Structure: Female scale, strongly broadened toward the posterior end, approximately 2.2 mm long, brown. Adult female elongate, about 1.5 mm long and 0.7 mm wide (Borchsenius, 1958a).
• Biology: Detailed description of life history by Xu et al. (1995).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1958a). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006)

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