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Semonggokia xylopiae Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Semonggokia)

Semonggokia xylopiae Takagi 2003: 74-75. Type data: MALAYSIA: Sarawak, Kuching district, Santubong (Damai Beach). Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: At full growth, body narrowly obovoid, sclerotic throughout, with the free segments demarcated by strongly sclerotized intersegmental furrows; dorsally the meso- and metathorax and abd I-IV subequal in size and shape, similar in the arrangement of the ducts and the pattern of sclerotization, and little or only gently lobed laterally; pygidium nearly obdeltate, a little roundish marginally. (Takagi, 2003) Second-instar female with 3 pairs of well-developed serrate trullae and slender marginal macroducts as in the adult female. Second-instar male heteromorphic, with many pectina-like processes and a good number of modified ducts along the pygidial margin. (Takagi, 2003).
Biology: Femlaes occurring on the lower surface of the leaves, burrowing into the epidermis. The presence of a burrowing female is suggested by a slight swelling of the epidermis. Males occur on the upper surface of the leaves, sitting in the sunken midrib, and sometimes also on the lower surface; tests white, with or without an amorphous mass of fluffy wax. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 74, 117-119