Valid Names Results

Chionaspis subrotunda (Chen, 1983) (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacaspis subrotunda Chen 1983: 108. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, Qingcheng mountain, on unidentified Fagaceae, 1974. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Chionaspis subrotunda (Chen, 1983); Takagi 1985: 42. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Chen1983: pp.64 ( ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis subrotunda

Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis subrotunda resembles Chionaspis quercus Kuwana in the arrangement of dorsal macroducts, but their median lobes are quite different in form (Chen, 1983).
• Structure: Scale of female white, nearly round, convex on the back. Adult female is fusiform, with a group of disk pores associated with posterior spiracles (Chen, 1983).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Chen (1983).

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