Valid Names Results

Nanhaiaspis communis (Hu, 1986) (Diaspididae: Nanhaiaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Rugaspidiotus communis Hu 1986: 220-221. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong, Hainan Island, on Phragmites communis, 05/05/1984. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; accepted valid name
• Nanhaiaspis communis (Hu, 1986); Takagi & Martin 2010: 41. change of combination

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Rugaspidiotus communis is close to R. nebulosus, but differs in the posterior spiracle with disc pores and by the perivulvar pores in 7 groups (Hu, 1986J). Takagi & Martin, 2011, state that the arrangement of the pygidial macroducts shown in Hu's figure "gives a rather strange impression." They illustrated a rearrangement of these macroducts onto the dorsal and ventral surfaces, whereby the segmental macroducts are retained on the dorsal surface and the infrasegmental macroeducts were removed onto the ventral surface. When placed in the genus (Nanhaiaspis), Takagi & Martin state that it differs from N. chiulungensis by the number of wax-secreting organs (expecially the macroducts and the spiracular and perivulvar disc pores), which are apparently fewer in the later.
• Structure: Adult female elongate oval, 0.99-1.04 mm long. Pygidial lobes absent (Hu, 1986J).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hu (1986J).

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