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Nanhaiaspis Takagi & Martin, 2010 (Diaspididae)

Nanhaiaspis Takagi & Martin 2010: 38-47. Type species: Nanhaiaspis chiulungensis Taikagi & Martin . accepted valid name

Systematics: Subfamily DIASPIDINAE Tribe DIASPIDINI Subtribe FIORINIINA (Normark, et al., 2019) This genus is referable to the Diaspidinae and to the Diaspidini and possibly to the Fioriniina or the Kuwanaspidina, but it is not easy to find its relationships to other genera of the Diaspidini.
Structure: The adult female Nanhaiaspis is elongate ovoid, broadest across the base of the abdomen, head narrowly and pygidium broadly rounded. characteristic in having 7 groups of perivulvar disc pores instead of the usual 5. The occurrence and arrangement of pygidial macroducts on the dorsal and ventral surfaces are characteristic of the genus. The first-instar female and male are chacteristic in having spinous marginal processes around the abdomen and meta- and mesothorax. The second=instar male has a unique character pattern.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Takagi & Martin, 2010.

NormarOkMo2019: taxonomy, pp. 52
TakagiMa2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, pp. 38-40