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Pinangaspis Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae)

Pinangaspis Takagi 2003: 79-80. by original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe CHIONASPIDINA (Normark, et al., 2019) This genus is referable to the subtribe Chionaspidina, tribe Diaspidini, based on the second-instar male, which has modified ducts of the type usually observed in that subtribe. (Takagi, 2003)
Structure: the adult female is greatly modified. The median trullae are set close together and parallel, and their inner bases are united by a robust mushroom-shaped sclerosis. The second and third trullae are well developed but unilobed, with no scleroses on their bases. The dorsal surface is devoid of the usual macroducts. Instead, there are small two-barred lateral ducts in the prepygidial region, groups of filiform submarginal ducts on some posterior abdominal segments, and single filiform marginal ducts on the pygidium. Tubercular gland spines occur mainly on the lateral lobes of the free abdominal segments, each with a long, filamentous apical extension. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.