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Parlatoria lithocarpi Takahashi, 1935 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Parlatoria lithocarpi Takahashi 1935: 29-31. Type data: TAIWAN: Takao Prefecture, Heito-Gun, Mutosan, on Lithocarpus sp., 23/03/1934, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Takagi (1970) states "It is open to doubt that this species is a real member of Parlatoria on account of the peculiar shape of the second instar exuvium of the female and some characters of the pygidium of the adult female."
Structure: Female scale nearly circular, slightly convex dorsally, 1st exuviae oval, slightly indented at the anterior extremity and also behind the eye, extending beyond the front margin of the 2nd with a pair of setae at the front and a pair of large lobes at the hind end, about 0.32 mm long. Female body white, a little narrowed on the anterior end, with many small lateral glands on the metathorax and abdomen, which are as large as those on the basal part of pygidium and fewer on the metathorax. Pygidium much wider than long, with many longitudinal dorsal lines (Takahashi, 1935).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takahashi (1935).