Valid Names Results

Pentacicola spinosus Takagi, 1993 (Diaspididae: Pentacicola)

Nomenclatural History

• Pentacicola spinosus Takagi 1993: 8-9. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Terengganu, Daerah Dungun, Bukit Bauk, on Pentace sp., 14/07/1990. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale subrhombic and highly convex dorsally; exuviae terminal, reddish gray; secretory part occupying a small proportion of scale, grayish, attenuating posteriorly, with median ridge. Male scale with secretory part white, elongate, and depressed dorsoventrally; erect. Adult female subrhombic to subpyriform, pygidium produced. Segmentation indistinct; pygidium reticulate dorsally toward apex (Takagi, 1993).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1993).

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