Valid Names Results

Kuwanaspis hikosani (Kuwana, 1902) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis hikosani Kuwana 1902: 76. Type data: JAPAN: Kyushu, Hikosan, on Phyllostachys bambusiodes. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Kuwanaspis hikosani (Kuwana, 1902); MacGillivray 1921: 361. change of combination
• Tsukushiaspis hikosani (Kuwana, 1902); Kuwana 1928: 33. change of combination
• Kuwanaspis hikosani hongkongensis Takahashi 1942: 66. Type data: CHINA: Hong Kong, on Bambusa sp., 08/03/1940, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 91-92).
• Kuwanaspis hikosani (Kuwana, 1902); Borchsenius 1966: 91-92. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KimKiLe2023: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [Scales on bamboos in South Korea]
• MalumpSa2016: pp.99 ( Adult (F) ) [British Kuwanaspis]
• Hu1982: pp.213 ( ) [Key to species of Kuwanaspis]
• Chou1982: pp.61 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Kuwanaspis]
• Paik1978: pp.332 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kuwanaspis]
• Takagi1961: pp.7 ( ) [Key to species of Kuwanaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale very long and slender, about 2.5 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, sides straight, parallel, sometimes curved; snow white. First exuviae elliptical, almost transparent; median longitudinal ridge distinct; second exuviae very much longer, slightly convex, posterior end yellowish, exuviae .75 mm long. Adult female very small, less than 1 mm long, about 0.3 mm wide (Kuwana, 1902).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kuwana (1902).

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