Valid Names Results

Pseudaulacaspis loncerae Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudaulacaspis loncerae Tang 1986: 287-288. Type data: CHINA: Zhejiang, Wuyi County, on Lonicera japonica. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudaulacaspis lonicerae Tang, 1986; Hua 2000: 159. misspelling of species epithet

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]

Remarks

• Systematics: P. loncerae is close to P. cockerelli, but differs by the antennae being set apart from each other, by the dorsal macroducts on the 6th abdominal segment set between the submedian and submarginal areas (Tang, 1986).
• Structure: Female scale pyriform, white, 2.0-3.0 mm long. Male scale carinated. Body of adult female 0.95-1.05 mm long, with 3 pairs pygidial lobes, the median ones sunken and with a pair of setae between them; the lateral two pairs much smaller, divided (Tang, 1986).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1986).

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