Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes coreana (Borchsenius, 1962) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Paralepidosaphes coreana Borchsenius 1962b: 865-866. Type data: NORTH KOREA: Sariwan, on Acer sp., Syringa sp., 21/07/1950; Ku-pukchen, on Acer sp., 1/08/1950; Pkhen'ian, on Malus sp., all by N. Borchsenius. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Lepidosaphes coreana (Borchsenius, 1962); Takagi 1970: 1. change of combination
- Paralepidosaphes ulmicola Xu 1981: 133-135. Type data: CHINA: Liaoning, Shenyang, on Ulmus pumila and Rosa rugosa, 1978. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Tang1986, 278). Illustr.
- Lepidosaphes ulmicola (Xu, 1981); Chou 1985: 387. change of combination
Common Names
- Korean comma scale Borchs1962b
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 9
- Cannabaceae
- Celtis bungeana | Tang1986
- Fabaceae
- Oleaceae
- Syringa | Borchs1962b
- Rosaceae
- Malus | Borchs1962b
- Malus pumila | Tao1999
- Rosa rugosa | Tang1984b
- Rutaceae
- Zanthoxylum simulans | Tang1986
- Sapindaceae
- Acer | Borchs1962b
- Ulmaceae
- Ulmus pumila | Tang1984b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- China | Tang1984b
- Liaoning | Tang1986
- North Korea | Borchs1962b FrancoRuMa2011
- South Korea | ESKSAE1994
Keys
- Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
- Borchs1962b: pp.864 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Paralepidosaphes] Key as: Paralepidosaphes coreana
Remarks
- Systematics: Lepidosaphes coreana is close to L. tubulorum, from which it is easily separated by the tinier dorsal glands in the median area of the abdomen and the strongly developed spines on sclerotized tubercules along sides of metathorax and abdomen (Borchsenius, 1962b).
- Structure: Female scale brownish, 1.0-2.5 mm long, mostly without exuviae and secretory part of scale, grayish delicate covering on top (Borchsenius, 1962b).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1962b).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1962b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 864, 865, 871
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1162
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 39-40
- Chou1982: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 156, 161-162
- Chou1985: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 387
- Chou1986: illustration, 581, 589
- ESKSAE1994: distribution, list, 114
- Hua2000: distribution, host, 156
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
- Takagi1970: taxonomy, 2
- Takagi1975: taxonomy, 19
- Tang1984b: distribution, host, 131
- Tang1986: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 278
- Tao1999: distribution, host, 103
- Willia1971b: taxonomy, 9
- Xu1981: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 133-135
- Yang1982: distribution, host, taxonomy, 206
