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Myrtaspis pinosukensis Takagi, 2020 (Diaspididae: Myrtaspis)

Myrtaspis pinosukensis Takagi 2020: 36-37. Type data: SABAH: Pinosuk Plateau, alt. ca.1500m, Mt. Kinabalu, on Eugenia cephalantha, 10/7/1988, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: M. pinosukensis is very close to M. longiloba. It is clearly distinguishable from the latter in having lateral macroducts on the mesothorax. M. pinosukensis has distinctly more numerous wax organs except for the lateral macroducts, which also tend to be more numerous in M. pinosukensis. (Takagi, 2020)
Structure: Adult female. Median trullae longer than mesal lobule of second trulla, elongate, deeply sunken into apex of pygidium and divergent, basally with a pair of small sclerites set close together. Second and third trullae with both lobules well developed. Anterior spiracles with a cluster of rather numerous disc pores; posterior spiracles each with a much smaller cluster. (Takagi, 2020)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2020,

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