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Kuwanaspis takahashii Takagi, 1961 (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Kuwanaspis takahashii Takagi 1961: 5-7. Type data: JAPAN: Kyusyu, Kagosima, Siro-Yama, on undetermined bamboo, 12/05/1957. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Kuwanaspis takahashii resembles K. bambusifoliae from which it may be distinguishable by the absence of perivulvar pores and by the less numerous macroducts of the pygidium. It differs from K. vermiformis and K. phragmitis by the absence of perivulvar pores, by the pygidial lobes more produced and by having a single fimbriate process between the median lobes. It can be distinguished from K. neolinearis by the pygidial lobes deeply notched, by having more numerous macroducts on the pygidium and by having a single fimbriate process between the median lobes (Takagi, 1961).
Structure: Female scale elongate, slender, convex dorsally and white. Adult female elongate owing to the prolongation of the thoracic region, attaining about 9 times as long as wide, 1.98 mm in length at maximum; derm remaining membranous (Takagi, 1961).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takagi (1961).