Valid Names Results

Kuwanaspis linearis (Green, 1922) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis linearis Green 1922a: 1018. Type data: SRI LANKA: Peradeniya, on Bambusa sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Tsukushiaspis linearis (Green, 1922); Green 1937: 323. change of combination
• Kuwanaspis linearis (Green, 1922); Takahashi 1942: 65. change of combination

Common Names

• bamboo long scale ColonFMe1998

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hu1982: pp.213 ( ) [Key to species of Kuwanaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Kuwanaspis linearis is allied to K. annandalei from which it differs in the possession of circumgenital pores (Green, 1922a).
• Structure: Puparium of female white, exuviae pale stramineous, very long and narrow, filiform, posterior extremity tapering to a point, secretionary appendix with a median longitudinal ridge, 2 mm long. Nymphal exuviae elongate, narrow, posterior margin very similar to that of the adult insect. Adult female long and slender, pale yellow, pygidium pointed with a mesal pair of narrow hastate lobes, rather widely separate and two lateral lobes of the same form, on each side (Green, 1922a).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1922a).

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