Valid Names Results

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

Phenacaspis subrhombica Chen 1983: 82. Type data: CHINA: Fujian Province, Wuyi mountain, on unidentified Fagaceae, ?/05/1980. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Pseudaulacaspis subrhombica (Chen, 1983); Takagi 1985: 49. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis surrhombica (Chen, 1983); Takagi 1985: 49. misspelling of species epithet
Phenacaspis surrhombica Shi & Liu 1991: 165. misspelling of both genus and species names

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WeiFe2012a: pp.15 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of the genus Pseudaulacaspis]
Chen1983: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis surrhombica

Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis subrhombica resembles P. brideliae Takahashi, but the median lobes are much stouter and more strongly produced beyond the caudal margin of pygidium and 2nd lobes prominently smaller. Dorsal macroducts are also very different in type (Chen, 1983).
Structure: Body of adult female is rhombic, widest across the metathorax, antennae are very close together (Chen, 1983).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Chen (1983).