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Lepidosaphes yakusimana Takagi, 2003 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes yakusimana Takagi 2003: 89-90. Type data: JAPAN: Kyusyu, 1400-1900m, on Rhododendron yakusimanum. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species belongs to Paralepidosaphes in Borchsenius' classification, and may be distinguishable from the other species of that group by the following combination of characters: the median trullae are serrate; the prepygidial submedian dorsal ducts are not enlarged, and each row is disconnected from the submarginal dorsal ducts, which are quite few; a sclerotized patch of derm is present in the posterolateral comer of the metathorax, often with a few spinous processes. (Takagi, 2003)
Structure: Adult female body fusiform, with the free segments moderately lobed laterally; pygidium broad, roundish along the margin. Prepygidial derm membranous; head with or without conical processes, which, when present, are rather numerous and scattered along the frontal margin, mostly on the ventral surface; ventral surface of the pygidium with 2 pairs of sclerotized areas arising from the bases of the median and second trullae and with another pair laterally. No dorsal bosses present. Antennae situated between the frontal margin and the mouth-parts, separated from each other by a space narrower than the frame of the mouth-parts, each with 2 or 3 setae usually unequal in size. (Takagi, 2003)
Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of the leaves, burrowing under the dense tomentum; tests dark chestnut brown. (Takagi, 2003)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2003.

Takagi2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, 89-90, 147-148