Valid Names Results

Parlagena buxi (Takahashi, 1936) (Diaspididae: Parlagena)

Gymnaspis buxi Takahashi 1936a: 220-222. Type data: CHINA: Jiangsu, Shanghai, on Buxus microphylla, ?/04/1935, by S.P. Chu. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aonidia buxi (Takahashi, 1936); Lindinger 1943: 206. change of combination
Parlagena inops McKenzie 1945: 82. Type data: CHINA: Beijing, on unidentified shrub, 15/06/1908. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by McKenz1952, 12-13). Illustr.
Parlagena buxi (Takahashi, 1936); McKenzie 1952: 12-13. change of combination

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Countries: 3

Structure: Female scale mostly composed of larval skins, flattened, black. 1st larval exuviae subcircular, shorter than half the 2nd, not situated on the margin of 2nd. 2nd exuviae thick, not becoming pale except on the hind end when treated with caustic potash, subcircular, a little longer than wide, with some irregular shallow indentations on the margin, about 0.83 mm long and 0.6 mm wide. Adult female body wide, broadest about the middle, longer than wide, broadly rounded on the front margin, subcircular in some specimens, with a few minute glands lateral of mouth parts. Pygidium much wider than long, sclerotized except on the basal area, more so along the margin, with many longitudinal lines (Takahashi, 1936a).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Takahashi (1936a) and McKenzie (1945). Moghaddam & Watson (2021) consider the presence of this species in Iran as doubtful.