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Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi, 1931 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi 1931b: 378-379. Type data: TAIWAN: Shinten, on Ficus nervosa, 14/06/1931, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Ungulaspis ficicola (Takahashi, 1931); Borchsenius 1966: 68. change of combination
Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi, 1931; Normark, et al. 2019: 60. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: Lepidosaphes ficicola is similar to L. pinicolous, but the dorsal ducts are minute (Williams, 1971b).
Structure: Female scale slender, slightly widened towards the posterior part, straight or slightly curved, with an indistinct median ridge, about 2.8 mm long. 1st exuviae yellowish brown, reaching beyond the front margin of the 2nd exuviae. 2nd exuviae dark yellowish brown, broadened on the abdomen, with a transverse furrow about the middle and 4 distinct projections on the side of the abdomen. Adult female body long, narrow, nearly parallel-sided, with a constriction behind the middle, about 1.4 mm long. Pygidium nearly as long as wide, with distinct notch on the side. Median lobes large, wider than long, rounded on the distal margin, not serrate, notched on each side, parallel, moderately separated, with a pair of spines between them. 2nd lobes large, nearly as large as median, obliquely truncate on the distal margin; minute process present outside of the 2nd lobes (Takahashi, 1931b).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takahashi, 1931b).