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Aulacaspis fici Takagi, 2013 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Aulacaspis fici Takagi 2013: 58. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Kepong grounds of the Forest Research Indtitute, on Ficus chariacea, 9/27/1986. 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: 1

Moraceae

Ficus chartacea | Takagi2013

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Malaysia

Malaya | Takagi2013

Keys

Remarks

Systematics: A. shoreae and A. fici are very similar in adult female body shape, in the arrangement of the dorsal macroduccts (except for the presence and absence of submarginal macroducts on the second abdominal segment), and in the remarkably rugged margins of the fourth and fifth abdominal segments. However, in A. shoreae the disc pores associated with each anterior spiracle are partly covered by a dermal fold. On the other hand, A. fici is unique in having demal pockets ventrally and submarginally on the third and fourth abdominal segments. These structures are small and inconspicuous, and the dermal pockets are unstable in occurrence in some specimens. A. fici is similar to A. fuzhouensis, but it is quite different in the less prominent prosoma, in the absence of dorsal macroducts on the basal two abdominal segments, and in the low marginal processess on the fourth and fifth abdominal segment. (Takagi, 2013)

Structure: Adult female 1550 µm long at maximum, pygidium about 290-335 µm long, as wide as long. Sclerotized, especially on prosoma. Body deeply constricted between prosoma and metathorax. prosoma swollen into an enormous mass, occupying half the body length, about 1.2-1.3 times as wide as long, widet across prosomatic tubercles, swollen between the tubercles, tending to be a little excavated medially on frontal margin, roundish behind the tubercles; prosomatic tubercles moderate in size. (Takagi, 2013)

General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2013