Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes ogasawarensis Kawai, 1972 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes ogasawarensis Kawai 1972a: 30. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Chichi-jima and Haha-jima, on Livistona boninensis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; Tokyo: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, Tachikawa, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes ogasawarensis is close to L. serrifrons, but differs by lacking gland spines on the metathorax, by having sclerotized lateral processes on the prepygidial abdominal segments and by one or two submarginal dorsal macroducts in front of the second lobe (Kawai, 1972a).
• Structure: Adult female with the anterior margin of head truncated or nearly so, with metathorax and basal 4 abdominal segments moderately lobed laterally, and with the pygidium trapezoidal. Median lobes as long as wide (Kawai, 1972a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kawai (1972a).

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