Valid Names Results

Chionaspis cacti Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis cacti Kuwana & Muramatsu 1931a: 648-649. Type data: GERMANY: taken in Tokyo, on cactus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Lindinger (1957) suggested that Chionaspis cacti Kuwana could be a junior synonym of Optuniaspis philococcus, but Borchsenius (1966) rejected this idea. Although he did not assign the species to a new genus, Takagi (1985) states that Chionaspis cacti is unretainable in Chionaspis.
• Structure: Female scale elongate, convex, white. Pygidium of female with 2 pairs of lobes, short; median pair much smaller than the 2nd. Cicumgenital gland orifices in five groups, median of 9-12, cephalolaterals 14-19, caudolaterals 13-17 (Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kuwana & Muramatsu (1931a).

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