Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes yoshimotoi Takagi, 1970 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes yoshimotoi Takagi 1970: 11-13. Type data: TAIWAN: A-li Shan, on Chamaecyparis formosensis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Insulaspis yoshimotoi (Takagi, 1970); Yang 1982: 221. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes yoshimotoi is close to L. beckii, L. chinensis, L.cycadicola and L. cupressi by the dorsal bosses and by the median lobes being smaller and widely separated from each other. All five species form a close group, which is presumably native to eastern Asia (Takagi, 1970).
Structure: Adult female body robust, with the free abdominal segments moderately lobed laterally and with the pygidium broad. Median lobes comparatively small, a little wider than or as wide as long, rounded apically; are separated from each other by the width of one of them (Takagi, 1970).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1970). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006).