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Lepidosaphes okitsuensis Kuwana, 1925 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes okitsuensis Kuwana 1925a: 33-35. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Okitsu, Imperial Horticultural Experiment Station, on Abies firma, spring 1914, by I. Kuwana,. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Velataspis okitsuensis (Kuwana, 1925); Balachowsky 1954e: 92. change of combination
Parainsulaspis okitsuensis (Kuwana, 1925); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination
Paralepidosaphes okitsuensis (Kuwana, 1925); Yang 1982: 206. change of combination

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 3

MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]
Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
Paik1978: pp.339 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Takagi1960: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Takaha1955e: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Kuwana1925a: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae A, Pulvinarini (Choi & Lee, 2019) Lepidosaphes okitsuensis resembles L. euryae in the shape of the body and the pygidial fringe, but it has small tubercular spines on the head and thickly sclerotized spurs on the abdomen like L. tubulorum (Takagi, 1960).
Structure: Female scale elongate, convex, narrow, sides nearly straight, broadening slightly towards posterior end; straight or curved, dark brown to black. Male scale similar to female, but smaller, sides almost parallel, dark brown, exuviae pale yellow. Adult female elongate, segmentation distinct, heavily chitinized, purple (Kuwana, 1925a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kuwana (1925a). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006).