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Tamuraspis Takagi, 1989 (Diaspididae)

Tamuraspis Takagi 1989: 127-140. Type species: Tamuraspis malloti Takagi by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe CHIONASPIDINA (Normark, et al., 2019) Tamuraspis in the adult female is similar to some species of Dactylaspis, however the male test is of a felted nature and the 2nd-instar male possesses 3 pairs of enlarged modified ducts on the abdominal margin (Takagi, 1989).
Structure: Adult female fusiform; pygidium remarkably striate on both surfaces; pygidial lobes large and heavy; median lobes appressed together, but not zygotic; lateral lobes bilobulate; 2nd lobe set close to median lobe; marginal gland spines present on pygidium, but no gland spines (no spaces for gland spines) between median lobes and between median and 2nd lobes; macroducts 2-barred, all small in size, strewn over dorsal surface of pygidium; no differentiated marginal macroducts present; no spurs or other marginal prominences on prepygidial abdomen; spiracular disc pores trilocular; antennae with more than 1 seta (Takagi, 1989).