Valid Names Results
Myrtaspis aquilariae Takagi, 2020 (Diaspididae: Myrtaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Myrtaspis aquilariae Takagi 2020: 45. Type data: MALAYA: Kuala Lumpur, Kepong, Grounds of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, on Aquilaria malaccensis, 7/30/1990, by S. Takagi.. Holotype, female, by original designation accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Oxalidaceae
- Sarcotheca laxa | Takagi2020
- Rutaceae
- Melicope glabra | Takagi2020 | (= Euodia glabra)
- Thymelaeaceae
- Aquilaria malaccensis | Takagi2020
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Malaysia | Takagi2020
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: In this species the trullae, especially the median pair, are remarkably variable in shape, forming a broad continuous series of variations through the examined individuals. (Takagi, 2020)
- Structure: Adult female. Median trullae large, as long as or longer than marginal macroducts of abd VII, basally sunken into apex of pygidium for their most or large part and united by a sclerosis. Second and third trullae represented by both lobules. Anterior spiracles each with a small cluster of disc pores; posterior spiracles each with a few disc pores, occasionally with none. Perivulvar disc pores moderately numerous. (Takagi, 2020)
- Biology: Females were on the upper surface of leaves and twigs.. Male tests were found mostly on the upper surface of leaves. (Takagi, 2020)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2020.
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi2020: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45-47, 87-89
