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Lepidosaphes similis Beardsley, 1975 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes bladhiae; Beardsley 1966: 536. misidentification (discovered by Beards1975, 660).
• Lepidosaphes similis Beardsley 1975: 660. Type data: FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Ponape, Colonia, on Ravenalia madagascariensis, 16/11/1953, by J.W. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; accepted valid name

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes similis is virtually identical to L. laterochitinosa, but differs in type of minute ornamentation on anterior part of head (Beardsley, 1975). In 2003a, Takagi states that "such processes are not always stable: even in the same colonies they may be present or absent and, when present, variable in development.
• General Remarks: Best description by Beardsley (1975).

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