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Chionaspis montanoides Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Chionaspis montanoides Tang 1986: 78. Type data: CHINA: Xinjiang, Aksu County, on Salix sp. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Chionaspis montanoides is close to C. montana (=C. salicis), but differs from it in that the 6th abdominal segment has only macroducts submedially, the presence of basal paraphyses on the ventrum of the median and the 2nd pairs of lobes and by microducts on the 1st abdominal segment submedially and laterally (Tang, 1986).
Structure: Adult female elongate fusiform, about 1.35 mm long. Pygidium broad and with 3 pairs of lobes; median lobes with smaller basal zygosis and ventral paraphyses (Tang, 1986).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tang (1986).