Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes euryae (Kuwana, 1902) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis euryae Kuwana 1902: 80-81. Type data: JAPAN: Kyushu, Hikosan, on Eurya ochnacea, by I. Kuwana. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes euryae (Kuwana, 1902); Fernald 1903b: 308. change of combination
• Lepidosaphes euriae (Kuwana, 1902); Ehrhorn 1913: 123. misspelling of species epithet
• Parainsulaspis euryae (Kuwana, 1902); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination
• Paralepidosaphes euryae (Kuwana, 1902); Tang 1986: 278. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Paik1978: pp.339 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Takagi1960: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Takaha1955e: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

• Systematics: References of Lepidosaphes euryae on Cycas are probably misidentifications of L. carolinensis (Beardsley, 1966).
• Structure: Scale of female 3.0-4.0 mm long, narrow, widened posteriorly, straight, sometimes curved; dark brown. First skin pale brown, showing segmentation distinctly, second skin more or less covered by the secretion. Adult female 1.35 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, pale brown, posterior region yellow (Kuwana, 1902).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kuwana (1902).

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