Valid Names Results

Torosaspis turcica Ülgentürk & Kozár, 2011 (Diaspididae: Torosaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Torosaspis turcica Ülgentürk & Kozár 2011: 64-66. Type data: TURKEY: Burdur, Garden of Anadolu, Sanat Liesesi (N:37°46'05.50",E:30°33'17.31"), on needlse of Pinus brutia, 7/20/2009, by S. Ülgentürk. Holotype, female, male, and first instar, accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• UlgentKo2011: pp.67 ( ) [Key to adult female Torosaspis species]

Remarks

• Systematics: T. turcica resembles T. cedricola, but the latter differs in having: (a) only 2 setae on each antenna, (b) bilobed L2 lobes, (c) only 1 gland spine between L1 and L2, and (d) more median and submedian macroducts dorsally on abdominal segments I-III. T. turcica is also similar to T. farsianus, both having: (a) 1 marginal macroduct on each of segments IV-VII, and (b) gland tubercles near each anterior spiracle, but the latter species differs in having: (a) L2 bilobed, (b) no perivulvar disc pores, (c) 1 gland spine between L1 and L2, and laterad to L2, and (d) absence of macroducts submarginally on thorax and head. (Ülgentürk & Kozár, 2011)
• Structure: Scale of adult female flat, broadest posteriorly, elongate, oyster-shell shaped, light brown in colour, with two larval exuviae pale yellow and transparent. Living female cream in colour, with pygidium darker. Male test yellowish-brown, parallel-sided, narrower and shorter than female scale. Mounted female: Body elongate oval, membranous, except for sclerotised pygidium. This species is characterized in having the following combination of morphological characters: (a) 3 large setae and 2 short conic setae on each antenna, (b) a band of glandular tubercles near each posterior spiracle, (c) unilobular L2 lobes, (d) single marginal macroducts on each of segments IV–VII, and (e) presence of 1 pair of gland spines between the median lobes, 2 between L1 and L2, and 3 lateral to L2. (Ülgentürk & Kozár, 2011)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, colour photographs and illustration in Ülgentürk & Kozár, 2011.

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