Valid Names Results

Leptaspis Hardy & Williams, 2018 (Diaspididae)

Leptaspis Hardy & Williams 2018: 30. Type species: Leptaspis pege Hardy & Williams by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Hardy & Williams (2018) erected a new monotypic genus for a pupillarial species with no obvious taxonomic affinity. In this case, the adult female has the unusual combination of gland tubercles and anterior spiracles without pores. Some features of this genus are similar to those of Neoleucaspis Green described from India, but the latter genus possesses a series of lobe-like structures around the pygidial margin and lacks gland tubercles. Moreover, the lobes of the second-instar of Neoleucaspis are pointed whereas the lobes of the new genus are rounded. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)
Structure: A pupillarial genus. Adult female with body outline elongate, nearly four times as long as wide. Pygidium without lobes, plates or macroducts. Perivulvar and perispiracular pores absent. Gland tubercles in marginal series. Eye a subcircular disk on dorsal submargin lateral of antenna. Antenna with one long fleshy seta. Second instar female with three pairs of pygidial lobes, fimbriate plates, and slender one-barred macroducts. Anus at anterior end of medial furrow delimited by sclerotic carinae. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)
General Remarks: Because the genus is monotypic, the description of the type species also describes the genus. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)