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Aulacaspis litseae TangNOMENCLATURE:
Aulacaspis litseae Tang, 1986: 296. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, Emei Mountain, on Litsea sp. Syntypes, female. Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi, China. Described: female. Illust.
Host: Lauraceae: Litsea sp. [Tao1999]
DISTRIBUTION: Oriental: China (Sichuan (=Szechwan) [Tang1986]).
GENERAL REMARKS: Detailed description and illustration by Tang (1986).
SYSTEMATICS: Aulacaspis litseae is close to A. guangdongensis and A. projecta, but differs by the median lobes sunken and deeply divergent. It is also close to A. pallida, but can be told by having dorsal macroducts on the 2nd abdominal segment (Tang, 1986).
CITATIONS: Hua2000 [distribution, host: 148]; Tang1986 [description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy: 296]; Tao1999 [distribution, host: 75].
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