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Megacanthaspis hangzhouensis Wei & Feng, 2012 (Diaspididae: Megacanthaspis)

Megacanthaspis hangzhouensis Wei & Feng 2012: 1-5. Type data: CHINA: Zhejiang Prov., Hangshou, Hangzhou botanical garden, on Pleioblastus amarus, 5/1/1982, by Chou.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Huaian: Plant Protection Centre, Huaiyin Agriculture-Science Institute of XuHuai Prefecture, Jiangsu Province; Shaanxi: Entomological Museum of the Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Baishui, Shaanxi, China; Yangling: Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi Province, China.; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C2F9DCB3-51BB-494E-B298-5ABE9A9001A5
This species is very close to M. phoebia in having 6 pair of marginal gland spines. But differs in having (character-states of M. phoebia in brackets): (i) 2 pairs of gland spines on abdominal segments V and VI (only single on segments V & VI); (ii) marginal dorsal macroducts absent from apex of pygidium between median gland spines (present); (iii) gland tubercles absent (present). (Wei & Feng, 2012)
Structure: Adult female body oblong oval, with indistinct segmentation. Antennae each with a long seta and a tubercle. Anterior spiracles with 1-2 trilocular pores, pores absent from posterior spiracles. (Wei & Feng, 2012)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wei & Feng, 2012.