Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes tritubulata Borchsenius, 1958 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes tritubulatus Borchsenius 1958a: 172. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, Dintan, on unidentified evergreen, 1/12/1954, by V. Ui-tsian. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Insulaspis tritubulata (Borchsenius, 1958); Borchsenius 1963: 1173. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Celastraceae
- Euonymus alatus | Tao1999
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- China
- Sichuan (=Szechwan) | Borchs1958a
Keys
- Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
Remarks
- Systematics: Lepidosaphes tritubulata is separated from other species by the presence of a large number of marginal glands, which in this species are 2 or 3 in the 2nd group and 3 in the 3rd group of glands on each side of the body (Borchsenius, 1958a).
- Structure: Female scale elongate, brown, approximately 2.02 mm long. Adult female body elongate, 1.0 mm long and 0.5 mm wide (Borchsenius, 1958a).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1958a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1958a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 172-173, 177
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1173
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 67
- Chou1982: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 156, 182-183
- Chou1986: illustration, 587
- Hua2000: distribution, host, taxonomy, 153
- Tao1999: distribution, host, 93
- Yang1982: distribution, host, taxonomy, 221
