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Lepidosaphes smilacis Takagi, 1960 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes smilacis Takagi 1960: 86-88. Type data: JAPAN: Ryukyu Islands, Amami-Osima, Koniya and Naze, on Smilax sp., 17 and 20/05/1957. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Parainsulaspis smilacis (Takagi, 1960); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: Lepidosaphes smilacis is similar to L. piniphilus and L. glaucae. It is distinguishable from L. piniphilus by lacking minute granules on the head, by the lateral tubercles not produced into heavily sclerotized spurs and by the median lobes larger and set more closely. It is distinct from L. glaucae by the lateral tubercles not produced into heavily sclerotized spurs, by the inner lobules of the 2nd lobes nearly as long as wide and by the pygidial gland spines occurring in 3 pairs on each side laterad of the second lobe (Takagi, 1960).
Structure: Scales of both sexes slender, convex dorsally and very dark. Adult female body slender, 1.13 mm long and 0.48 mm wide; free abdominal segments each but slightly produced laterally. Second exuviae female fusiform, 0.84 mm long and 0.48 mm wide (Takagi, 1960).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1960).