Valid Names Results

Rutherfordia shoreae Takagi, Pong & Ghee, 1989 (Diaspididae: Rutherfordia)

Rutherfordia shoreae Takagi, Pong & Ghee 1989: 190-196. Type data: MALAYSIA: Semenanjung, Selangor, Kepong, on Shorea acuminta, 22/11/1985. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female fusiform, meso and metathorax and abdominal segments I-III moderately lobed laterally. Second-instar male body elongate obovoid, with segmentation indistinct. First instar with 5-segmented antennae, terminal segment as long as 3rd and 4th segments combined, not annulate (Takagi et al., 1989).
Biology: Female scales occurring on petioles, concealed beneath the epidermal layer. Male scales also occurring on the petioles on the lower side, erect, depressed dorsoventrally, with both dorsal and ventral portions well formed and gently broadened backward (Takagi et al., 1989).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi et al. (1989).

TakagiPoGh1989: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 190-196