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Myrtaspis elaeocarpi Takagi, 2020 (Diaspididae: Myrtaspis)

Myrtaspis elaeocarpi Takagi 2020: 43. Type data: SABAH: Mt. Kinabalu, (alt.ca.2800m) on Elaeocarpus corneri, 9/29/1988, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is peculiar in having the median trullae angulated apically. It is not connectable with any other species of the genus. (Takagi, 2020)
Structure: Adult female. Body elliptical, with pygidium broadly rounded marginally. Median trullae deeply sunken into apex of pygidium, gently divergent; basally with a pair of sclerites, which are set close together and appear to be connected by dermal sclerotization; each lobe of the trullae elongate, with subapical margins converging toward apex, which is angulate rather narrowly, and with free margins minutely serrate. Second and third trullae with both lobules well developed. (Takagi, 2020)
Biology: Adults occurring on leaves, females on the upper, and males on the lower, surface.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2020.

Takagi2020: biology, description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 43-44, 83