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Lepidosaphes meliae (Tang, 1986) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Paralepidosaphes meliae Tang 1986: 278. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong, Shantou, on Melia sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes meliae Miller, Ben-Dov & Gibson 2003: 941. change of combination resulting in homonymy

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: This species comes very close to Andaspis mori, in the general distribution of ducts and in the shape of median lobes but differs in possessing much larger second lobes and lacking the sclerotized spurs on the margins of the abdomen (Williams, 1963b).Lepidosaphes meliae is quite close to L. tubulorum, from which it differs by the absence of lateral tubercles on the metathorax, by the median area of the 2nd to 5th abdominal segments without enlarged ducts and head with rather smaller gland spines and gland tubercles existing together, but there are no gland tubercles on the submarginal areas of these segments in L. tubulorum (Tang, 1986).
• Structure: Female scales dark brown, elongate, 2.5 mm long. Male scales about 1 mm long. Adult female body 1.0-1.15 mm long, 0.6 mm wide. At maturity, the head is sclerotized and strewn with conical granules (Tang, 1986).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tang (1986).

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