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Leucaspis vitis Takahashi, 1935 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Leucaspis vitis Takahashi 1935: 19-21. Type data: TAIWAN: Takao, on Vitis sp., 26/03/1934. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Leucaspis vitis is characterized by the eminent median lobes of the pygidium. It is near L. cordylinidis (Takahashi, 1935). Takagi (1970) states that L. vitis "is not a true member of Leucaspis," but does not give the species a new generic assignment.
Structure: Female scale 1st skin black, twice as long as wide, on the front margin of the 2nd, about 0.42 mm long. 2nd skin brownish black, long, a little curved, gradually narrowed on the anterior part, abruptly so on the posterior part, convex dorsally, with not ridge, about 1.25 mm long. Female body elongate, narrowed on both ends, wanting lateral processes and glands, faintly reticulated on the median area of venter (Takahashi, 1935).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takahashi (1935).