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Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi, 1938 (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi 1938: 42-45. Type data: TAIWAN: Hattsukan, near Mt. Niitaka, on Arundinaria sp., ?/08/1936, by R. Takahashi; Taiheizan, on Arundinaria sp., 14/10/1937, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Nikkoaspis arundinariae (Takahashi, 1938); Yang 1982: 227. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: Kuwanaspis arundinariae can be separated from others of its genus by its strongly convex scale, the body prominently narrowed towards the hind end and in the characters of the pygidium (Takahashi, 1938). This species may be a peculiar montane form of Kuwanaspis or referable to another genus (Takagi, 1999a).
Structure: Female scale broadest behind the middle, distinctly narrowed towards the hind end, strongly convex dorsally, with a median ridge, about 1.4 mm long. The 1st skin pale yellow, extending beyond the front end of the 2nd skin, with a pair of prominent gland ducts between the eyes. The 2nd skin blackish brown, paler on the margin, covered with greyish white secretions, widest about the middle, narrowed towards both ends, especially so towards the hind end, with a prominent transverse furrow at the middle and a smaller one anterior to the middle one. Adult female body broadest on the basal abdominal segments, tapering on the posterior part, convex dorsally, about 1.14 mm long (Takahashi, 1938).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1938).