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Aulacaspis wakayamaensis Kuwana, 1926 (Diaspididae: Aulacaspis)

Aulacaspis wakayamaensis Kuwana 1926: 33-35. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Wakayama-ken, on Ischaemum antheporoides, 05/10/1925, by I. Kuwana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; Yokohama: Yokohama Plant Quarantine Service Station, Honshu, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aulacaspis wakayamensis Kuwana, 1926; Scott 1952: 35. misspelling of species epithet
Miscanthaspis wakayamaensis (Kuwana, 1926); Takagi 1961a: 71. change of combination Notes: Takagi (1970) synonymized the genus Miscanthaspis Takagi with Aulacaspis Cockerell creating the combination Aulacaspis wakayamaensis.
Aulacaspis wakajamaensis Kuwana, 1926; Kozár & Walter 1985: 82. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Countries: 2

Systematics: Aulacaspis wakayamaensis resembles A. spinosa in the numerous gland spines on the margin of the pygidium (Kuwana, 1926).
Structure: Scale of female elongate or subcircular, slightly convex, opaque white. Exuviae pale yellow with greenish-brown caudal margin; the first exuviae usually produced beyond margin of scale, the second exuviae also often produced partly beyond margin. Male scale small, narrow, sides nearly parallel; tricarinate (Kuwana, 1926).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kuwana (1926).