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Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae (Takahashi, 1934) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Tsukushiaspis bambusifoliae Takahashi 1934: 11-12. Type data: TAIWAN: Taihoku, on Mt. Hichisei, on Bambusa sp., 27/03/1932 and 23/09/1933, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae (Takahashi, 1934); Balachowsky 1954e: 265. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae is closely allied to K. suishana, but differs in the color of larval skins, the dorsal gland orifices on the pygidium arranged in rows, the lobes much longer than the fimbriated plates, the median lobes not duplex, the 2nd lobes duplicated. K. bambusifoliae differs from K. vermiformis in the rounded lobes (Takahashi, 1934).
Structure: Female scale long, very narrow, convex dorsally, straight or slightly curved, parallel on the sides, slightly narrowed on the anterior portion, with no ridge, about 2.7 mm long. Larval skins short, pale yellow. Secretion white, scarcely extending out of the lateral margins of the skins. Adult female very long, narrow, broadest on the abdomen, a little narrowed towards the head, broadly rounded at the front (Takahashi, 1934).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1934).