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Torosaspis farsianus (Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1955) (Diaspididae: Torosaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthomytilus farsianus Balachowsky & Kaussari 1955: 238. Type data: IRAN: Abadeh, on Cupressus sempervirens, 1955, by M. Kaussari. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Torosaspis farsianus (Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1955); Ülgentürk & Kozár 2011: 67. change of combination

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Acanthomytilus farsianus is similar to Pallulaspis ephedrae Ferris. (Takagi, 1970)
• Structure: Live appearance: scale cover of adult female flat, elongate, oyster-shell shaped, broadest posteriorly, light brown, with two larval exuviae pale yellow and transparent. Live female beneath scale cover cream-colored, pygidium darker. Test of second-instar male yellowish-brown, parallel-sided, narrower and shorter than that of female. (Çalışkan & Ulusoy, 2017) Slide-mounted adult females narrow, membranous at maturity. Anterior spiracles each associated with 1 trilocular disc pore; posterior spiracles without associated disc pores. Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes. Median lobes (L1) convergent, each lobe subsymmetrical, with an inconspicuous notch on outer margin, and basal sclerosis divided into 2 halves. Second lobes (L2) each bilobed, inner lobe (L2a) with apex rounded. Gland spines simple, each as long as a lobe; with 1 pair between median lobes, and each side with 1 between L1 & L2, and 1 lateral to L2. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Balachowsky & Kaussari (1955).

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