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Lepidosaphes zelkovae Takagi & Kawai, 1966 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes zelkovae Takagi & Kawai 1966: 102-103. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Tokyo, on Zelkova serrata, by S. Kawai. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes zelkovae is close to L. kuwacola, but differs from the latter by the eyes not produced into horn-like processes and by having 1 or 2 gland spines in the cephalo-prothoracic region between the antenna and anterior spiracle (Takagi & Kawai, 1966).
Structure: Adult female body fusiform, tapering towards both ends. Pygidium with the median lobes well developed and with the lateral lobes much reduced (Takagi & Kawai, 1966).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi & Kawai (1966).