Valid Names Results

Mempelaspis serpentina Takagi, 2000 (Diaspididae: Mempelaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mempelaspis serpentina Takagi 2000: 52-56. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sarawak, Kuching District, Santubong, on Tetracera sp., ?/10/1991. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale slender, very long when completed, often curved, highly convex dorsally, with conspicuous transverse ridges making it look segmented, brown and coriaceous. Male scale much shorter, straight, light brown. Adult female small, attaining about 0.5 mm in length, slender, cylindrical, with lateral sides nearly parallel and with both ends rounded (Takagi, 2000).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of adult female, male and female second instars and first instar larva by Takagi (2000).

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