Valid Names Results

Aulacaspis labucola Takagi, 2015 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aulacaspis labucola Takagi 2015: 143. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Negeri Sembilan, Pasoh Forest Reserve, on an undetermined wild plant fo the family Cucurbitaceae, 9/28/1986, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Aulacaspis labucola is similar to A. trichosanthis and A. hodgsoniae in having the body cuneiform in rough outline and the marginal processes very low on the fourth and fifth abdominal segments. (Takagi, 2015)
• Structure: Adult female body cuneiform in rough outline, widest across swollen prosoma, tapering posteriorly on postsoma; prosoma rounded along free margin, somewhat sclerotic, prosomatic tubercles slightly produced; abdominal segment II lobed laterally, but not very produced. Anterior spiracles each with disc pores in a compact cluster of moderate size; posterior spiracles with disc pores in a loose cluster. (Takagi, 2015)
• Biology: Adult females occurring on the lower surface of leaf-blade and petiole. Males on stems. (Takagi, 2015).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2015.

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