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Lepidosaphes securicula Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes securicula Williams & Watson 1988: 164. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Kassam, Kratke Mts., on unidentified Sapotaceae, 15/11/1959, by T. Maa. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BPBM and BMNH. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WilliaWa1988: pp.144 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes of the South Pacific Region]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes securicula is a distinctive species with 4 macroducts the same size on each side, but the 6th is narrower. The inner lobule of each second lobe is distinctly hatchet-shaped, and the eye spot is modified into a small spur. It differs from L. pinnaeformis another species with 5 marginal macroducts and spurs on the head, in possessing larger, but much fewer, dorsal ducts (Williams & Watson, 1988).
Structure: Adult female up to 1.0 mm long, elongate-oval, but sides often straight, widest at 2nd abdominal segment; pygidium rounded; head curved to straight; lateral lobes of abdominal segments well developed. Pygidium with median lobes well developed, each with a notch on either side (Williams & Watson, 1988).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

WilliaWa1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144, 163-164, 166