Asterolecaniidae

Xu, Han, Ning, Mengwei & Wu, San-An, 2022, Descriptions of all the female developmental stages of Endernia despoliata Danzig a gall-inducing pit scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Asterolecaniidae), Zootaxa 5115 (3), pp. 409-418 : 410

A key to separate adult females of the eight species of Asterolecaniidae that induce galls

1(0) Body margin with single row of large 8-shaped pores. Galls formed on twigs of Globularia salicina (Plantaginaceae) . ......................................................................................... Asterolecanium rehi

- Body margin without a row of large 8-shaped pores. Not on Plantaginaceae ....................................... 2

2(1) Venter with bilocular pores.. ............................................................................ 3

- Venter without bilocular pores........................................................................... 6

3(2) Body circular. Galls formed on stems of Acacia sp. (Fabaceae) ; each gall flat and blister-like, with opening blocked by exuviae of immature females.................................................................. Abditicoccus acaciae

- Body ovoid but with abdomen acutely tapered. Not on Fabaceae ; galls not as above.. ............................... 4

4(3) Anal region heavily sclerotized; 8-shaped pores present on dorsum; anal ring bearing setae. Galls formed on leaves of Banksia (Proteaceae) and bearing tufts of modified leaf hairs.. .......................................... Frenchia banksiae

- Anal region not sclerotized; 8-shaped pores absent from dorsum; anal ring without setae. Galls formed on stems of Allocasuarina and Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) , without modified hairs................................................... 5

5(4) Dorsum with quinquelocular pores. Each gall with a basal swelling giving rise to a woody tube....... Frenchia casuarinae

- Dorsum without quinquelocular pores. Each gall a swelling without a woody tube................. Frenchia semiocculta

6(2) Dorsum without simple disc pores; venter with small 8-shaped pores. Galls formed on leaves and twigs of Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Celastraceae) ; each gall flat and blister-like..................................... Abditicoccus mystroxyloni

- Dorsum with simple disc pores; venter without 8-shaped pores. Not on Celastraceae ; each gall prominent............... 7

7(6) Venter of abdomen with transverse bands of multilocular pores. Galls formed on twigs of Quercus mongolica (Fagaceae) ; each gall dome shaped, with opening blocked by exuviae of second-instar nymph...................... Endernia despoliata

- Venter without multilocular pores. Galls formed on branches of Mesua ferrea (Guttiferae) ; each gall rounded or conical, with opening blocked by abdominal apex.................................................. .. Amorphococcus mesuae