Valid Names Results

Megacanthaspis litseae Takagi, 1970 (Diaspididae: Megacanthaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Megacanthaspis litseae Takagi 1969a: 25. nomen nudum (discovered by Takagi1970, 130).
• Megacanthaspis litseae Takagi 1970: 129-130. Type data: TAIWAN: Fen-chi-hu, on Litsea akoensis. Syntypes, 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]
• Chou1985: pp.337 ( ) [Key to species of Megacanthaspis]
• Takagi1981: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Megacanthaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Megacanthaspis litsea is close to M. actinodaphnes, from which it is distinguished mainly by having 7 pairs of thickened conical marginal gland spines, of which the posterior-most are not appressed together (Takagi, 1970).
• Structure: Female scale narrow, quite highly convex dorsally, dark brown, felted in appearance. Pygidium with 3-5 pairs of plate-like processes around the apical margin. Abdomen with 7 pairs of thickened conical gland spines, the posteriormost gland spines are separated from each other by a space about twice as wide as one of them (Takagi, 1970.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1970).

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