Valid Names Results

Chionaspis saitamaensis Kuwana, 1928 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis chinensis; Maskell 1898: 231. misidentification (discovered by DeitzTo1980, 34).
• Chionaspis solani Green 1917a: 265. nomen nudum (discovered by Ferris1956, 74).
• Chionaspis saitamaensis Kuwana 1928: 11-12. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Saitama & Miye & Wakayama-ken, all on Quercus glandulifera, 1923, 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; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Chionaspis saitamensis Kuwana, 1928; Takahashi 1952a: 7. misspelling of species epithet
• Phenacaspis saitamensis (Kuwana, 1928); Balachowsky 1954e: 352. misspelling of species epithet
• Phenacaspis saitamaensis (Kuwana, 1928); Takagi 1961: 20. change of combination
• Chionaspis pseudopolypora Chen 1983: 79. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, on Quercus sp., ?/11/1980. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; junior synonym (discovered by Tang1986, 299-300). Illustr.
• Phenacaspis sichuanensis Chen 1983: 79. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, on undetermined Lauraceae. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; junior synonym (discovered by Tao1999, 79). Illustr.
• Pseudaulacaspis saitamaensis (Kuwana, 1928); Tang 1984b: 130. change of combination
• Pseudaulacaspis saitamensis (Kuwana, 1928); Tang 1984b: 130. misspelling of species epithet
• Chionaspis saitamaensis Kuwana, 1928; Takagi 1985: 49. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 8

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Danzig1993: pp.319 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionapis]
• Danzig1988: pp.723 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chionaspis species of the Far East USSR]
• Danzig1986a: pp.368 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Chen1983: pp.7, 64 ( ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis, Key to species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis sichuanensis and Chionaspis pseudopolypora
• Chen1983: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis saitamaensis
• Danzig1980b: pp.310 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Takagi1961: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Takaha1956d: pp.55 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to some Japanese species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis saitamensis
• Kuwana1928: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis saitamaensis can be easily recognized by the large diverging median lobes and large marginal gland orifices (Kuwana, 1928).
• Structure: Scale of female elongate, slightly convex, white or dirty white, looks very much like bark of host plant. First exuviae dark, second exuviae covered with waxy secretion. Scale of male white, small, distinctly tricarinated (Kuwana, 1928).
• General Remarks: Descriptions and illustrations by Kuwana (1928) and Danzig (1986a).

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