Valid Names Results

Pseudaulacaspis latisoma (Chen, 1983) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacaspis latisoma Chen 1983: 75. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Jinghoing, on unknown vine, 1974. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudaulacaspis latisoma (Chen, 1983); Takagi 1985: 47. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiFe2012a: pp.13-16 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of the genus Pseudaulacaspis]
• Chen1983: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis latisoma

Remarks

• Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis latisoma resembles P. takahashii, but differs in the shape of the body and the median lobes, in addition, the dorsal ducts are not to be found on the 1st abdominal segment. It is easily distinguished by the arrangement of the dorsal ducts on sub-marginal regions of the posterior free segments (Chen, 1983).

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