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Ischnafiorinia bambusicola Hu, 1987 (Diaspididae: Ischnafiorinia)

Ischnafiorinia bambusicola Hu 1987: 135. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, Guanxian, on Bambusa sp., 05/12/1954. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Ischnafiorinia bambusicola is similar to I. bambusae, but differs by ventral ducts in groups on the region of the prothorax and metathorax and on the pygidium, by perivulvar pores in 5 groups and by the exuviae of 2nd instar larva with gland spines long and processes a little on the pygidium (Hu, 1987).
Structure: Adult female slender, 0.8-1.01 mm long, broadest about the metathorax, 0.2 mm wide. Pygidium broadly rounded along its free margin. 1 pair pygidial lobes. 1st instar larva with body elongate, 0.41 mm long and 0.18 mm wide. Second instar larva body slender, about 5 times as long as wide. Median lobes nail-shaped (Hu, 1987).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Hu (1987).