Valid Names Results

Forticauda Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019 (Asterolecaniidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Forticauda Gavrilov-Zimin 2019: 144. Type species: Forticauda borchsenii Gavrilov-Zimin . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: This genus differs from all known genera of Asterolecaniidae in the presence of a dorsal sclerotized conical protuberance (anal conus) with anal apparatus at apex. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019)
• Structure: The females of Forticauda lie parallel at the surface of the host plant (leaves of bamboo). (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin, 2019.

Keys

Associated References

• Gavril2019: description, diagnosis, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 3-5
• WilliaDe2020: taxonomy, pp. 198

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