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Kuwanaspis multipora Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Kuwanaspis multiporus Tang 1986: 95. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Kunming, on Bambusa sp.; Guangxi, Nanning, on Asparagus plumosus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Kuwanaspis multipori Tang, 1986; Fang, Wu & Xu 2001: 107. misspelling of species epithet
Kuwanaspis multipora Fang, Wu & Xu, 2001; Miller, D.R., Gimpel, M.E. & Williams, D.J. 2003: 946. emendation that is justified

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Kuwanaspis multipora is similar to K. suishana and K. elongatoides, but differs from the two by the different color of the exuviae which are copper-red in K. multipora, but dark brown in the other two; the plate-like processes are much shorter than the others; there are no gland spines on the 5th abdominal segment, no transverse series of ventral ducts on the 1st abdominal segment (Tang, 1986).
Structure: Female scale slender, 1.8-2.2 mm long, yellowish white, exuviae copper-red. Adult female slender, 1.0-1.5 mm long, anterior spiracle with 7-11 disc pores, median lobes unilobulated, the 2nd bi- or tri-lobulated (Tang, 1986).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tang (1986).