Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes pinicolous Chen, 1937 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes pinicolous Chen 1937: 385-386. Type data: CHINA: Zhejiang, Hwangyen, on Pinus sp., 09/01/1936, by F. Chen. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Mytilococcus pinicola (Chen, 1937); Lindinger 1949: 222. change of combination
Insulaspis pinicolous (Chen, 1937); Borchsenius 1963: 1173. change of combination
Ungulaspis pinicolous (Chen, 1937); Borchsenius 1966: 68. change of combination
Ungulaspis pinicolus (Chen, 1937); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 369. misspelling of species epithet
Lepidosaphes pinicolous Chen, 1937; Normark, et al. 2019: 60. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

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

Systematics: Lepidosaphes pinicolous can be separated from other species of this genus in having large dorsal ducts, no lateral abdominal tubercles and flat ocular tubercles (Williams, 1971b).
Structure: Female scale very slender, usually straight and nearly parallel-sided. 1st exuviae light yellow to brownish yellow, with most of it reaching beyond the cephalic margin of the 2nd exuviae which is dark brown to blackish brown, sometimes with a light, brownish margin along the caudal abdomen, 3 mm long (Chen, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Chen (1937). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006).