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Megacanthaspis guiyangensis Niu & Feng, 2019 (Diaspididae: Megacanthaspis)

Megacanthaspis guiyangensis Niu & Feng 2019a: 73. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou Province, Guiyang city, 26°24'35"N; 106°40'13"E. on Oligostachyum lubricum, 7/21/2015, by Niu & Wei. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Yangling: Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi Province, China.; accepted valid name Notes: Holotype is the first specimen from the left end of a row of 5 adult females, clearlyindicated on the slide label. Paratypes: 59 specimens, same data as holotype Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: http://zoobank.org/1B30EFDA-374A-4EC7-B01E-15E325415428
Megacanthaspis guiyangensis resembles M. hangzhouensis (Wei & Feng, 2012) in body outline, absence of gland tubercles and with 1 microduct on each of the marginal gland spines. The important differences between the pygidia are (character states of M. hangzhouensis in parentheses): Marginal processes present (absent), 1 pair of gland spines on abdominal segment VII (2 pair of glad spines), and 23-50 dorsal macroducts on each side of the abdomen (about 17 dorsal macroducts).
Structure: Adult female nody outline oblong fusiform, with indistinct segmentation. Each antenna with a long seta and a tubercle. Anterior and posterior spiracles without disc pores. (Niu & Feng, 2019a)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Niu & Feng, 2019a.