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Santubongia swintoniae Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Santubongia)

Santubongia swintoniae Takagi 2003: 97-98. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Sarawak, Kuching district, Damai Beach, Oct 1991, on Swintonia glauca (Anacardiaceae). Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body elongate, fusiform, with the free segments slightly lobed laterally; pygidium obdeltate, roundish on the basal margin. Prepygidial derm membranous; dorsal surface of the pygidium sclerotic especially over a broad median area, the intersegmental furrow between abd V and VI thickly sclerotized, and the posterior border of VI also sclerotized in a nearly straight line across the submedian and submarginal areas; ventral surface of the pygidium apically with a sclerotized area forming 4 peaks associated with the median trullae. Submarginal dorsal bosses numbering 6 on each side, belonging to abd I-VI, fairly large and well sclerotized. Antennae situated in front of the mouth-parts, separated from each other by a space narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with 2 setae, of which one is much smaller than the other. (Takagi, 2003) First-instar nymph with the terminal (sixth) antennal segment not annulate. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: The female burrows into the epidermis of the bark. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, illustration, physiology, structure, taxonomy, 97-98, 157-159