Valid Names Results

Echinogalla pustulata Takagi, 2001 (Beesoniidae: Echinogalla)

Nomenclatural History

• Echinogalla pustulata Takagi 2001: 68-70. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Kuantan Pahang, at Beserah Forest Reserve, on Shorea falcifera and S. glauca, 1990. 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

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.107-108 ( Adult (M) ) [Beesoniidae]

Remarks

• Systematics: The echinate gall induced by Echinogalla pustulata is very similar to that of Gallacoccus spinigalla, but these species are not particularly related to each other (Takagi, 2001).
• Structure: Adult female globular, much simplified in structure. Quinquelocular disc pores abundant, strewn broadly along body margin on both dorsal and ventral surfaces, not occurring anteriorly to anus. Small tubular ducts strewn among 5-locular disc pores on abdomen. Setae spinous, mostly occurring on dorsal surface within the band of 5-locular disc pores, especially numerous between anus and vulva. Adult male slender and gracile; head with genal area enlarged, occupying a greater part of head, about 0.6-0.7 times as broad as prothorax (Takagi, 2001).
• Biology: Echinogalla pustulata causes galls in leaf axils which do not differ in external appearance between the plant species. They are globular and provided with many robust conical spines, which are recurvate and separated from each other except for their bases (Takagi, 2001).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (2001).

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