Valid Names Results

Kuwanaspis phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Tsukushiaspis phragmitis Takahashi 1931a: 216-217. Type data: TAIWAN: Suo, Chippon, Daichikko near Daibu, on Phragmites sp., 30/12/1924, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Kuwanaspis phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931); Balachowsky 1954e: 265. change of combination
Kuwanaspis phrygmitis (Takahashi, 1931); Chou 1985: 344. misspelling of species epithet
Kuwanaspis phragmites (Takahashi, 1931); Hua 2000: 154. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale very long, narrow, scarcely curved, not widened posteriorly, white, about 2.6 mm long. Exuviae yellowish brown, 1st exuviae on the anterior extremity of scale. 2nd exuviae much shorter than half the length of scale, long narrow, about 4.5 times as long as wide, about 0.9 mm long with a distinct transverse furrow behind mid-length and about 5 transverse furrows on the posterior portion. Adult female body elongate, somewhat narrowed towards the front on the anterior half, broadly rounded at the posterior end, about 3.5-4.5 times as long as wide (Takahashi, 1931a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi(1931a).