Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes esakii Takahashi, 1939 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes esakii Takahashi 1939b: 266-268. Type data: FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Ponape, on Pandanus patina, 13/01/1938; Truk, Toloas, on Pandanus sp., 21/01/1938. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes duponti; Fullaway 1946: 160. misidentification (discovered by Beards1966, 539).
Parainsulaspis esakii (Takahashi, 1939); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 6

WilliaWa1988: pp.144 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes of the South Pacific Region]
Beards1966: pp.535 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known Micronesian species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes esakii is close to L. duponti, but the median lobes of the latter are wider and closer together than in the former. The inner lobule of the second lobes of L. duponti is much wider than that of L. esakii (Beardsley, 1966).
Structure: Adult female 1.75 mm long, tending to be broadly oval, widest at mesothorax; lateral lobes of abdominal segments only moderately developed; head and pygidium rounded (Williams & Watson, 1988).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Takahashi (1939b), Beardsley (1966) and Williams & Watson (1988).

Beards1966: distribution, host, taxonomy, 535, 539-540
Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1163
Borchs1966: catalog, 60
Dumble1954: distribution, host, 43
Fullaw1946: taxonomy, 160
Hunt1939: host, 556
Sugarm1972: distribution, 288
Takaha1939b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 266-268
Takaha1941b: distribution, host, 218-219
Takaha1942d: distribution, host, 355
VelasqRi1969: distribution, taxonomy, 197
WilliaWa1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144, 148-150