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Pinangaspis uniclavata Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Pinangaspis)

Pinangaspis uniclavata Takagi 2003: 79. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Bukit Cendana, Pulau Pinang [Penang Is.]. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Body broadly fusiform; free segments gently lobed laterally; pygidium obdeltate. Prepygidial derm membranous. Pygidium broadly sclerotic on the dorsal surface, the dorsal intersegmental furrow between abd V and VI forming a linear sclerosis across the sub-basal area; ventral surface widely sclerotized towards the apex. Antennae situated on or just within the frontal margin, separated from each other by a space narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with a long seta. (Takagi, 2003) Second-instar male heteromorphic, with poorly developed marginal processes on the pygidium (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of the leaves. Females burrowing, the tests appearing dark brown through the epidermis. Males not burrowing; tests white, obscurely tricarinate. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 79, 107, 126-127