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Leucaspis albotecta Henderson, 2010 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Leucaspis albotecta Henderson 2010: 10-May. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: CO, Lake Roxburgh, on Korthalsella salicornioides on Kunzea ericoides, 01/11/2010, by A. Sultan. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: as for holotype #10-008b-d

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The main diagnostic feature is the three pairs of lobes on the 2nd-instar puparium and female nymph. This feature shared with L. trilobata, L. senilobata (in which the 3rd pair of lobes in inconsistently present and has a 5-locular pore on the ventral pygidium just anterior to each 3rd lobe). A third undescribed species also has 3 lobes and is about half the size of L. albatecta.
Structure: Puparium light brown with a white waxy coating; adult females membranous; male covers bright white and relatively thick with dark terminal exuviae. Mounted female elongate when young, shortened and roundly oval with shrunken abdomen when mature; derm membranous except for pygidial sclerotixation in patches and around anal opening. 2nd instar pupillarium: mounted material shape elongate. Ventral derm membranous, dorsal derm heavily sclerotised in a dense mosaic pattern of dark and clear spots from head to abdomen segment 1. 2nd instar female: body shape fusiform, narrower at head, pygidium rounded. 2nd instar male similar to female nymph, pygidium with 2 or 3 pairs of lobes.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations of adult female, 2nd instar female and male nymphs and puparia in Henderson, et al., 2010.