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Lepidosaphes crotonifolii Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes crotonifolii Takagi 2003: 87-88. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is well characterized by abd I being strongly lobed and the median and second trullae dentate. It reminded Takagi (2003) of Lepidosaphes abdominalis Takagi, in which, however, not only abd I but also the other free segments of the abdomen are strongly lobed. Takagi stated that in Borchsenius' classification, L. crotonifolii may belong to Mytilaspis.
Structure: Body rather slender, with abd I strongly lobed laterally; pygidium broad obdeltate, slightly roundish on the margin; prepygidial derm membranous; ventral surface of the pygidium with 2 pairs of sclerotized areas arising from the bases of the median and second trullae, and with 2 pairs of slender sclerotic patches more laterally. No dorsal bosses present. Antennae situated between the frontal margin and the mouth-parts, separated from each other by a space as wide as the frame of the mouthparts, each with 2 curved setae, of which one is smaller than the other. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of the leaves, burrowing under the dense cover of peltate scales, their presence being suggested by slight swellings on the cover; tests thin, pale in colour. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 87-88,107, 143-144