Valid Names Results

Duplachionaspis subtilis Borchsenius, 1958 (Diaspididae: Duplachionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Duplachionaspis subtilis Borchsenius 1958: 164-165. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong, near Kwangchow, on unidentified Gramineae, 10/11/1954, by N. Shutova. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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]
• Chou1982: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Duplachionaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Duplachionaspis subtilis is close to D. graminis, but can be told from the latter by a broader mesothorax, the quantity of tubular glands and their shape and the shape of the middle lobes (Borchsenius, 1958).
• Structure: Female scale long, narrow, white, about 3.5 mm long; exuviae yellow. Male scale white with clear longitudinal grooves, about 3.5 mm long and 0.3 mm wide; exuviae yellow. Adult female elongate, narrow, 1.3-1.5 mm long (Borchsenius, 1958).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1958).

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