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Tectopulvinaria latidigitata Gavrilov-Zimin, 2017 (Coccidae: Tectopulvinaria)

Tectopulvinaria latidigitata Gavrilov-Zimin 2017b: 145. Type data: BALI: mountain forest above Lake Buyan, about 1700 m altitude, on twig of tree, 11/14/2011, by Gavrilov-Zimin.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Systematics: The specimens collected in Bali seem to be very similar morphologically to the type species of Tectopulvinaria although they differ from it by lacking dorsal bilocular pores, and by having ventral tubular ducts on the head and enlarged claw digitules. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2017b)
Structure: Adult female. Body broadly oval, about 2 mm long. Antenna 8- segmented. Legs well developed, each with a tibio-tarsal articulation; claw without a denticle; claw digitules enlarged, with large basal and apical knobs. Anal apparatus with 6 setae. Multilocular pores present on posterior 4 abdominal segments only. Quinquelocular pores forming a band 2 or 3 pores wide in each spiracular furrow. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2017b)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin, 2017b.