Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes palauensis Beardsley, 1966 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes palauensis Beardsley 1966: 541-543. Type data: PALAU: Ngurukdabel, on unidentified tree, ?/08/1953, by J. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in USNM. Illustr.

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Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Beards1966: pp.534 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known Micronesian species of Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes palauensis can be distinguished by the elongate pygidium, triangular median lobes and well-developed lateral spines on abdominal segments 2 to 4 (Beardsley, 1966).
• Structure: Adult female 0.8-1.2 mm long. Body elongate, fusiform, widest across 1st abdominal segment. Pygidium relatively elongate, anal opening situated farther from posterior apex than from lateral margins of abdominal segment 4 (Beardsley, 1966).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Beardsley (1966).

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