Valid Names Results

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

Cornimytilus piceae Tang 1986: 73. Type data: CHINA: Gansu, Qilian Mountain, on Picea sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes piceae (Tang, 1986); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 289. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: This species is unique in its possession of 3 marginal ducts on the 5th abdominal segment instead of the usual 2 (Tang, 1986).
Structure: Scale color varies from white to greyish brown, exuviae golden yellow. Male scale is about 1 mm long, while the female scale is about 2.5 mm long (Tang, 1986).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tang (1986). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006).