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Lepidosaphes lithocarpi Takahashi, 1934 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes lithocarpi Takahashi 1934: 18-20. Type data: TAIWAN: Hori, Suisha, on Lithocarpus sp., ?/06/1933, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Insulaspis lithocarpi (Takahashi, 1934); Borchsenius 1963: 1172. change of combination Notes: Balachowsky (1954e): synonymized the genus Insulaspis Mamet with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes lithocarpi.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes lithocarpi is allied to L. lasianthi and L. pallida, but differs in the abdomen eminently projecting laterally (Takahashi, 1934).
Structure: Female scale brownish yellow, a little shining, long, narrow, slightly narrowed on the anterior part, slightly convex dorsally, nearly straight or a little curved with a very narrow thin whitish secretion on the margin, about 2.5 mm long. 1st skin exceeding only a little beyond the front of the 2nd. 2nd skin about 0.7 mm long with 5 marginal glands on each side of the pygidium, the basal one being smaller. Adult female elongate, narrow, little broadened towards the abdomen, with some small glands on the sides of meso- and metathorax (Takahashi, 1934).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1934).