Genus: Nipaleyrodes Takahashi
Nomenclature: Nipaleyrodes Takahashi, 1951.
Nipaleyrodes elongata Takahashi [Takahashi, 1951: 3-4]
Biology: Pupal case with narrowly elongated shape.
Distribution: Oceania (Malaya)
Taxonomy: Terminal claws absent on legs. Submarginal row of octagonal pores (Octagonal-shaped pores appear round with a star-like center). Vasiform orifice triangular; operculum much wider than long; Lingula large, gradually knobbed ,and exserted.
Related genera: No other known genus has submarginal row of octagonal pores and only Stenaleyrodes, like Nipaleyrodes, lacks the claw-like terminal appendages of the legs.
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DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Malaya [Takahashi, 1951: 3-4]. HOST: Arecaceae: Nypa [Takahashi, 1951: 3-4]. |