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Pseudaulacaspis strobilanthi (Green, 1905) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Chionaspis strobilanthi Green 1905a: 352-353. Type data: SRI LANKA: Haputale, on Strobilanthes sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Phenacaspis strobilanthi (Green, 1905); Sanders 1906: 12. change of combination
Trichomytilus strobilanthi (Green, 1905); Lindinger 1933a: 166. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis strobilanthi (Green, 1905); Takagi 1985: 49. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis strobilanthis (Green, 1905); Varshney 2002: 75. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis strobilanthi is allied to P. megaloba, from which it differs in the considerably larger size, in the narrower mesal lobes and in the presence of conspicuous oval pores on the margins of the thorax (Green, 1905a).
Structure: Female scale snowy white, with faint creamy tinge, dense, opaque. Surface with a few irregular raised lines. Ventral scale well developed. Exuviae very pale yellow. Oblong, strongly dilated posteriorly, 3.0 mm long and 1.5-2.0 mm wide. Male puparium white; obscurely tricarinate, densely covered with curling silky filaments, 1.5 mm long. Adult female bright yellow, abdominal segments scarcely produced. Pygidium with conspicuous median incision, the sides of the cleft occupied by the media lobes which are large, united at the base, widely divergent, the free edge minutely serrate. 2nd lobes minute, duplex, inconspicuous. 3rd lobes represented by only small marginal prominences (Green, 1905a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1905a).