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Lachnodius maculosus Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019 (Eriococcidae: Lachnodius)

Lachnodius maculosus Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy 2019: 71. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, National Park, Belair, under bark of Eucalyptus sp.,12/5/1954, by D.C. Swan. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Abbotsford: Department of Entomology, Museum of Victoria, Victoria, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: South Australia: two adult females, same data as holotype (ANIC). Illustr.

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Systematics: http://zoobank.org/182CD8B3-7EC4-45C5-9A27-9F61F902C4BB Adult females of L. maculosus are most similar those of L. melliodorae and L.parathrix. See notes under L. melliodorae for a comparison. Adult females of L. maculosus can be distinguished by having (i) two size classes of macrotubular duct on both the dorsal and ventral body surfaces (L. melliodorae and L. parathrix have only one size class per body surface); and (ii) numerous minute sclerotic invaginations on the dorsum, each with interior margin sinusoidal (L. parathrix without minute sclerotic invaginations, L. melliodorae with minute sclerotic invaginations urn-shaped, interior margin convex). (Hardy, et al., 2019)
Structure: Adult female body outline circular; length 3.45–4.84 mm (4.36 mm for holotype), greatest width 3.30–3.94 mm (3.94 mm for holotype). Eyes dorsal, very weakly developed, ca. 35 μm wide. Antennae seven-segmented; dorsum with numerous sclerotic invaginations; marginal fringe of conical setae; some dorsal macrotubular ducts with seta touching rim; anal ring invaginated. (Hardy, et al., 2019)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy, et al., 2019.

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