Valid Names Results
Kuwanaspis pectinata Takagi, 1999 (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Kuwanaspis pectinata Takagi 1999a: 98-99. Type data: MALAYSIA: Malaya, Selangor, Ulu Gombak, University of Malaya, Gombak Field Research Centre, on Gigantochloa scortechinii, 27/11/1988. Holotype, female, Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Gigantochloa scortechinii | Takagi1999a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Malaysia
- Malaya | Takagi1999a
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Kuwanaspis pectinata differs from other known species of Kuwanaspis in having no sclerotized appendages recognizable as trullae (Takagi, 1999a).
- Structure: Female scale slender, cylindrical, tinged with light brown, exuvial casts brown. Adult female cylindrical, 3-4 times as long as wide, about 1.0 mm long; lateral margins nearly parallel, with no intersegmental notches (Takagi, 1999a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1999a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Takagi1999a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 98-99, 114, 118, 140
