Valid Names Results

Megacanthaspis phoebia (Tang, 1977) (Diaspididae: Megacanthaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Nanmuapsis phoebia Tang 1977: 148. Type data: CHINA: Hangzhou, on Phoebe sheareri, 30/03/1969. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Megacanthaspis phoebia (Tang, 1977); Takagi 1981: 6. change of combination

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 ( ) [Key to species of Megacanthaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Megacanthaspis phoebia is close to M. litseae, but is easily distinguished by the last 2 pairs of the gland spines not being enlarged, and also by the structure of the perivulvar pores (Tang, 1981).
• Structure: Female scale slender, convex, brownish, larval exuviae apical, 1.5 mm long. Male scale is elongate, white, exuviae terminal, 0.50 mm long. Adult female body elongate fusiform, but smaller end anteriorly about 0.65 mm long and 0.39 mm wide. Pygidium with 6 pairs of plate-like processes, each process apically with 5-6 sclerotic spines (Tang, 1981).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1981).

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