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Pseudaulacaspis simplex Takagi, 1961 (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona; Takagi 1956: 113. misidentification (discovered by Takagi1961a, 91).
Pseudaulacaspis simplex Takagi 1961a: 90-92. Type data: JAPAN: Hokkaido, Sapporo, on Prunus sargentii, 31/05/1954; 13/10/1958. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 2

Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis simplex is very close to P. pentagona, but is characterized by the presence of accompanying disc pores of the posterior spiracles, the marginal gland spines of the pygidium which are simple in shape and not divided apically and in the 2nd stage female, the absence of submarginal macroducts (Takagi, 1961a).
Structure: Female scale subcircular, weakly convex dorsally, white. Adult female body stout, broadly oval, 1.5 mm long, 1.0 mm wide; meso- and metathorax and free abdominal segments each strongly produced laterally; pygidium broad, subtriangular, well sclerotized. Median lobes prominent, projecting, united basally through a strongly sclerotized yoke, each lobe subtriangular with the inner and outer margins convergent posteriorly and incised (Takagi, 1961a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1961a).