Valid Names Results

Kuwanaspis suishana (Takahashi, 1930) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Tsukushiaspis suishanus Takahashi 1930: 16-18. Type data: TAIWAN: Suisha, on Bambusa sp., 02/11/1929, by R. Takahahsi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Kuwanaspis suishanus (Takahashi, 1930); Takahashi 1942b: 36. change of combination
• Kuwanaspis suishana (Takahashi, 1930); Takagi 1970. emendation that is justified
• Kuwanaspis suisana (Takahashi, 1930); Chou 1982: 61. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Structure: Body very elongated, slender, lateral margins practically parallel, pygidium narrow. Median lobes unilobate or bilobulate, all lobules small, acute apically and often once notched subbasally on each side (Takagi, 1970).
• Biology: Kuwanaspis suishana has been collected at altitudes of about 1,300-1,400m (Takagi, 1999a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi (1970).

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