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Lepidosaphes takaoensis Takahashi, 1935 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes takaoensis Takahashi 1935: 23-25. Type data: TAIWAN: Takao, on Celtis sinensis, 26/03/1934, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes takaoensis is related to L. cycadicola, but differs in the wider scale and the median lobes more widely separated. Differs from L. celtis in the wider scale, the median lobes notched twice on either side (Takahashi, 1935).
Structure: Female scale yellowish brown, slightly covered with white secretions. Very wide, broadest about the middle, narrowed towards the front end, very slightly more than twice as long as wide, curved, distinctly convex dorsally, with no ridge, about 1.5 mm long. Adult female wide, broadest on the metathorax or basal abdominal segment, narrowed on the anterior part, with some very small glands in a group behind the antennae, which are smaller than the ones on the lateral thorax (Takahashi, 1935).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1935).