Valid Names Results
Thecatosoma auriculatum Takagi, 2022 (Diaspididae: Thecatosoma)Nomenclatural History
- Thecatosoma auriculatum Takagi 2022. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Perlis, Anak Chelong, on Salacia sp., 11/13/1991, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Celastraceae
- Kokoona reflexa | Takagi2022
- Lophopetalum floribundum | Takagi2022
- Salacia | Takagi2022
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Malaysia
- Malaya | Takagi2022
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: There is no reason to exclude this species from Unaspis so far as the generic assignment is based on the morphological traits of the adult female other than the formation of a theca. (Takagi, 2022)
- Structure: Theca 3.5–4.7 times [n=10] as long as wide when fully formed, more or less broadening posteriorly, with eyes produced laterally, and with posterior end (posterior margin of abd I) truncate; head dorsally with a pair of elongate clusters of many minute and irregular fissures. (Takagi, 2022)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2022.
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi2022: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 34-35, 45, 51
