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Palmaspis Bodenheimer, 1951 (Asterolecaniidae)

Palmaspis Bodenheimer 1951: 328. Type species: Asterolecanium phoenicis Ramachandra Rao . accepted valid name

Systematics: Tang & Hao (1995, p. 575) redefined the scope of the genus and placed in it 27 species from various regions of the world. Matile-Ferrero (1996) also accepted Palmaspis as a valid genus, defined it and assigned to it 29 species.
Structure: Slide-mounted, body more-or-less elongate, with a continuous or discontinuous marginal row of 8-shaped pores, lined with a more-or-less developed ventral row of quinquelocular disc-pores or trilocular pores. Anal opening simple, without pores or setae. Dorsal surface with or without 8-shaped pores. Ventral microtubular ducts present or absent. Dorsal tubular 8-shaped pores present (in the type species) or absent. Spiracles accompanied by quinquelocular disc-pores, which may be present in high concentrations forming clusters (Moghaddam & Watson 2024).
Biology: All species of Palmaspis are confined to host-plants belonging to the palm family (Arecaceae) (Moghaddam & Watson 2024).
General Remarks: Definition and characters by Bodenheimer (1951), Tang & Hao (1995), Matile-Ferrero (1996) and by Stumpf & Lambdin (2006),