Valid Names Results

Pseudaulacaspis syzygicola Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudaulacaspis syzygicola Tang 1986: 161. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing, on Syzygium jambos. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

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. syzygicola resembles P. latiloba, but differs in the absence of posterior spiracular pores and by the presence of numerous macro- and microducts on the head (Tang, 1986).
• Structure: Female scales pyriform, white, about 3.0 mm long. Male scales felted and with a median ridge. Adult female body 1.02-1.38 mm long. Pygidial lobes in 2 pairs; median pair developed and produced, with 1 pair of setae between them and the free margin of the lobes serrated; 2nd pair much smaller, divided and without basal paraphyses (Tang, 1986).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1986).

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