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Paratachardina minuta (Morrison, 1920) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Paratachardina)

Tachardia minuta Morrison 1920: 179. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Mindanao, Basilan, Isabela, on Mangifera indica; collected S.A. Reyes, xii.1918.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (KondoGu2007,14). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Tachardina (Tachardina) minuta (Morrison, 1920); Chamberlin 1923: 209. change of combination
Paratachardina minuta (Morrison, 1920); Varshney & Teotia 1968: 489. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Test somewhat egg-shaped, broadest behind, but with a constriction on each side about the middle, strongly convex, broadly ribbed laterally, this more pronounced on the anterior portion, posterior dorsal opening oval, located just at the end of the larval exuvium, the anterior pair of openings diagonally slitlike, placed just before the exuvium; maximum length, about 1.5 mm; color dark red-dish to almost black (Morrison, 1920).
Biology: Occurring on the leaves of the host, mostly on the underside along the midribs (Morrison, 1920).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Morrison (1920) and by Kondo & Gullan (2007).