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Lepidosaphes huyoung Normark, 2019 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Andaspis ficicola Young & Hu 1981a: 219-220. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Yuan-jiang, on Ficus sp., 24/03/1955. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; homonym through subsequent combination Illustr.
Lepidosaphes huyoung Normark 2019: 64. replacement name (discovered by NormarOkMo2019, 64). Notes: Replacement name for Lepidosaphes ficicola homonym of Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi, 1931.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

YoungHu1981a: pp.215 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis ficicola

Systematics: This species is close to Raoaspis raoi, but is distinguished from the latter by the gland tubercle absent on metathorax, by the lateral spurs absent on II-IV abdominal segments, by the ventral small ducts in lateral row in the rear of posterior spiracle, by more dorsal ducts on abdominal segment VI, and by the shape of pygidial lobes (Young & Hu, 1981a).
Structure: Adult female fusiform, about 1.11mm in length, broadest about the 1st abdominal segment, .54mm in width (Young & Hu, 1981a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Young & Hu (1981a).