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Leucaspis coniferarum Hall & Williams, 1962 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Leucaspis coniferarum Hall & Williams 1962: 30-31. Type data: PAKISTAN: Cherat, North West Frontier Province, on Pinus longifolia, 30/04/1916, by T.B. Fletcher. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Anamaspis coniferarum (Hall & Williams, 1962); Borchsenius 1966: 219. change of combination Notes: Anamaspis was determined to be a junior synonym of Leucaspis recreating the combination Leucaspis coniferarum.

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Countries: 2

Systematics: Leucaspis coniferarum is close to L. loewi from which the adult female differs in lacking perivulvar pores, in having larger pygidial lobes of a different shape and much closer together, and in having fewer dorsal ducts on the pygidium (Hall & Williams, 1962).
Structure: Female scale elongate and slender, consisting of the pale brown sclerotized 2nd exuviae overlaid by a rather thick white secretionary film that masks the color and often the darker brown color of the terminally placed 1st exuviae. Length of 2nd exuviae about 1.8 mm. Adult female elongate oval, about 0.7 mm long, membranous. 2nd stage female with broadly rounded pygidium carrying 3 pairs of lobes, median pair tusk-like, apically rounded, 2nd pair similar and slightly smaller, 3rd pair shorter, but wider (Hall & Williams, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hall & Williams (1962). Redescription and reillustration by Takagi (1977).