Valid Names Results

Megacanthaspis leucaspis Takagi, 1981 (Diaspididae: Megacanthaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Megacanthaspis leucaspis Takagi 1981: 5-6. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Nati, Wakayama-ken, on Actinodaphne longifolia, 06/11/1971. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• NiuFe2019a: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Megacanthaspis species]
• WeiFe2012: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Megacanthaspis Takagi]
• Takagi1981: pp.8 ( ) [Key to species of Megacanthaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale with secretory cover smooth, white, convex dorsally, with lateral sides subparallel. Male scale secretory cover white, subparallel on lateral sides, flattened posteriorly, with slight median carina. Adult female body with segmentation rather distinct. Pygidium broadly rounded, with serrate marginal processes on abdominal segments v-viii; apically with another pair of processes, which are much narrower than the adjacent serrate processes, shallowly incised once or twice, and a little retreated (Takagi, 1981).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1981).

Illustrations

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