Valid Names Results
Duplachionaspis rotundata Chen, 1983 (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Duplachionaspis rotundata Chen 1983: 61-62. Type data: CHINA: Fujian, unknown host, ?/05/1980. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Chengdu: Plant Protection Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- China
- Fujian (=Fukien) | Chen1983
Keys
- YuSu2012: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis from East Palaearctic Region]
- Chen1983: pp.59 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Duplachionaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Duplachionaspis rotundata is similar to D. erianthi, but can be told by the following features: width of each median lobe is more or less equal to the adjacent marginal duct, 3rd and 2nd lobes are of equal width, metathorax and basal three abdominal segments are with intermediately lateral ducts, the parastigmatic pores and the ventral microducts are much fewer than the latter (Chen, 1983).
- Structure: Scale of adult female is usually with two short carinae on both sides of the back. Adult female is fusiform, with 4 rows of dorsal macroducts which are similar in shape and size with the marginal ducts, gland spines singlely in each situation (Chen, 1983).
