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Rutherfordia calophylli Takagi, 2021 (Diaspididae: Rutherfordia)

Rutherfordia calophylli Takagi 2021: 25. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Terengganu, on Calophyllum biflorum, 8/10/1990. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: This species is unique also in the cluster of disc pores associated with each anterior spiracle shaped deltoid in outline. (No disc pores are associated with the posterior spiracles in this species.) The other species of this genus have the spiracular disc pores arranged in a transverse or curved row or cluster. This species is uniquely characterized in having nearly all the setae occurring on the ventral surface of the head thickened and spiniform. These spiniform setae are broadly variable in number (see above), suggesting that additional spiniform setae frequently emerge at spots where no original slender setae are present. (Takagi, 2021)
Structure: Adult female at full growth fusiform, with meso-, metathorax and abd I–III lobed laterally; pygidium nearly triangular, with free margin little roundish. Head, on ventral surface, with many spiniform setae scattered along margin and a few laterally to mouth-parts anteriorly to each anterior spiracle.
Biology: Females and males occurring on twigs; in Sample 3 and 4, also on petioles. Second-instar males standing on the head, holding the body and the test formed around the body erect against the plant surface; a number of male tests crowding together, forming a fluffy mass of wax. (Takagi, 2021)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2021.

Takagi2021: description, diagnosis, host, illustration, nymph, taxonomy, 25-26, 31, 36, 48-51