Valid Names Results

Lopholeucaspis baluanensis Williams & Watson, 1988 (Diaspididae: Lopholeucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Lopholeucaspis baluanensis Williams & Watson 1988: 177-180. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Province, Baluan I., on Citrus sp., 11/04/1985, by T. Mala. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH, USNM and New Zealand Arthropod Collection, DSIR. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaWa1988: pp.177 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lopholeucaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: The complete lack of duct tubercles between the prothorax and 3rd abdominal segment, forming an interrupted row on each side, is a character that separates this species from any other in the genus (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• Structure: Female pupillarial; scale elongate, with longitudinal ridge on mid-line, dark brown, but covered in white wax. Male scale similar, but smaller. Adult female about 1.55 mm long, elongate oval, widest at thorax; membranous, except for sclerotized patches on pygidium; head and pygidium rounded. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes present. Median lobes well separated, elongate, projecting, bluntly pointed at apices (Williams & Watson, 1988).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Williams & Watson (1988).

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