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Aulacaspis swintoniae Takagi, 2018 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis swintoniae Takagi 2018: 41. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Bukit Cendana, Pulau Pinang [Penang Is.], on Swintonia floribunda, 11/16/1991. by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is similar to A. tubercularis but differs from the latter in having much elongated marginal setae on the metathorax and the first abdominal segment. Such marginal setae are also found in Aulacaspis mischocarpi and a few other species of the genus, but it does not seem that the present new species is particularly closely related to those species. The occurrence of one or two spinous processes on the margin of the fourth abdominal segment, opposite the lateral marginal macroduct, is also a noteworthy character of A. swintoniae. (Takagi, 2018)
Structure: Adult female at full growth with prosoma well swollen and much broader than postsoma, metathorax and prepygidial abdominal segments nearly the same in width, pygidium nearly triangular in outline. Peribuccal scleroses well formed. Spiracular disc pores few. Perivulvar disc pores in small groups. (Takagi, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2018.

Takagi2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41, 60