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Lepidosaphes turanica Archangelskaya, 1937 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes turanica Archangelskaya 1937: 75. Type data: UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent; Fergana; Katta-Kurgan; Andizhan; all on Eleagnus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,274). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Mytilococcus turanicus (Archangelskaya, 1937); Lindinger 1943b: 222. change of combination
Mytilaspis turanica (Archangelskaya, 1937); Matesova 1958: 132. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

Systematics: Lepidosaphes turanica is similar to L. gloverii, but differs by its smaller size and by the color of the body. The microscopic characters are closer to L. conchiformis, but differs in the tri-sectional lobes of the 1st pair and the smaller lobes of the 2nd pair (Archangelskaya, 1937). Balachowsky (1954e) considered L. turanica to be a junior synonym of L. granati.
Structure: Female scale small, 1.25-2.0 mm long, narrow and not extending behind, with parallel margins, light brown with a faint stripe. The larval skin is reddish-brown, ventral scale with broad longitudinal groove. Male scale is considerably smaller and narrower than the female, whitish. Body of female is elongate and somewhat rounded, yellow or yellowish-brown, pygidium with two pairs of lobes (Archangelskaya, 1937).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Archangelskaya (1937). Moghaddam & Watson (2021) consider the presence of this species in Iran as doubtful.