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Myrtaspis ramakrishnai (Rao, 1953) (Diaspididae: Myrtaspis)

Pinnaspis ramakrishnae Ramakrishna Ayyar 1930: 19. nomen nudum (discovered by Rao1953, 64).
Chionaspis ramakrishnai Rao 1953: 64. Type data: INDIA: Madras, Nilgiris, Coonoor, on Eugenia calophyllifolia, by Ramakrishna Ayyar. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Myrtaspis ramakrishnai (Rao, 1953); Takagi 2020: 47. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 2 | Genera: 7

Countries: 1

Systematics: Chionaspis ramakrishnai resembles Chionaspis americana in possessing a median zygosis at the base of the median lobes, although in C. ramakrishnai it is more prominent and stalked (Rao, 1953).
Structure: Female elliptical, broadest at the first and second abdominal segments. Antennal tubercle with a papilla and an elongated spine (fig. b). Anterior spiracle with a large group of parastigmatic pores ; posterior spiracle with only about four parastigmatic pores. Prosoma and free abdominal segments with group of ducts in the dorsal marginal region. Free abdominal segments also with ventral gland spines in the margin. (Rao, 1953).
General Remarks: Description and illustration in Rao, 1953. Takagi (1985) added information that the altitude at which M. ramakrishnai was c. 1800m.