Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes serrulata (Ganguli, 1957) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Velataspis serrulata Ganguli 1957: 241-244. Type data: INDIA: Assam, Borbhetta, on Camellia sinensis, 15/07/1954. Holotype, female, Type depository: New Delhi: Division of Entomology, National Pusa Collections, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes serrulata (Ganguli, 1957); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The conical tubercles along the frontal margin that were apparently the basis of the generic assignment to Velataspis are seen in several species of Lepidosaphes, such as L. coreana Borchsenius and L. ogasawaraensis Kawai. Therefore, based on their phylogenetic analysis, Normark, et al. regard this as a species of Lepidosaphes.
Structure: Female scale long, narrow, gradually widening towards the posterior extremity, purplish brown to dark brown, transversely traversed by curved lines of growth, 2.8-3.1 mm long. Exuviae pale yellow, transparent, placed anteriorly, 2nd exuviae quite large. Male scale 1.2-1.5 mm long. Adult female pale yellow, 1.1-1.4 mm long, elongated, tapering somewhat anteriorly. Median pygidial lobes non-zygotic with a pair of gland spines between them, 2nd pair bilobed (Ganguli, 1957).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ganguli (1957).