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Tamilparla smilacis Takagi, 1987 (Diaspididae: Tamilparla)

Tamilparla smilacis Takagi 1987: 4-6. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coonoor, Bharat, on Smilax sp., ?/11/1978. Holotype, female, Type depository: Calcutta: National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, India; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale of female oval, pale brown dorsally, the ventral portion developed only on the sides, forming a trough-shaped cavity inside the scale; exuvial casts terminal; 2nd instar cast reddish brown, blackish medially, the ventral skin ruptured along margin, but remaining attached to dorsal skin by anterior margin, less sclerotized than dorsal skin. Male scale much smaller, elongate, pale brown dorsally. Adult female body broadly obovate; meso and metathorax and abdominal segments I-IV defined marginally from the prothorax often appearing deeper, giving the united head and prothorax an appearance of being set off from the rest of the body. Pygidial lobes in 4 pairs (Takagi, 1987).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1987).