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Pinnaspis serrulata Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Pinnaspis)

Pinnaspis serrulata Takagi 2003: 80. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Bataan, Mariveles. Holotype, both sexes, by original designation Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body elongate, somewhat fusiform, at times becoming very long owing to the elongation of meso- and metathorax; free abdominal segments weakly lobed laterally; pygidium obdeltate. Prepygidial derm membranous; abd I with a submarginal dorsal boss; pygidium sclerotic on the dorsal surface, with a pair of slender scleroses (preanal scleroses) in the median subbasal area, the ventral surface sclerotized towards the apex. Antennae separated from each other by a space a little narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with a long seta. (Takagi, 2003) Second-instar male peculiar in having a series of prominent angular lobes along the pygidial margin. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occur on the lower surface of the leaves. Females burrowing under the tomentum, the presence of a female being suggested by a slight swelling on the tomentum; tests white. Males occurring on the surface of the tomentum; tests white, tricarinate. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 80, 128-129