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Dinaspis taiwana Takahashi, 1936 (Diaspididae: Dinaspis)

Dinaspis taiwana Takahashi 1936b: 427-428. Type data: TAIWAN: Shinten, on Actinodaphne pedicellata, 22/04/1936, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Dinaspis taiwana is characterized by the indistinct median lobes and by the pygidium not notched at hind end (Takahashi, 1936b).
Structure: Adult female scale long, narrow, convex dorsally, not expanded posteriorly, straight or a little curved, white, about 2.5 mm long. Larval skins pale yellow, the first skin much longer than wide, about 0.38 mm long, with antennae at the front. The second skin elongate, not thick, about 0.79 mm in length. Adult female yellow, elongate, parallel sided (Takahashi, 1936b).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takahashi (1936b).