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Neochionaspis kirgisica Borchsenius, 1947 (Diaspididae: Neochionaspis)

Neochionaspis kirgisica Borchsenius 1947a: 344. Type data: KYRGYZSTAN: (Fergan Mt. Ridge); KAZAKHSTAN: Alma-ata, southwest slope of the shores of Little Almaatinka river, 1937, on Ribes sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,363). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: It is unclear which locality the lectotype is from. Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 4

Danzig1993: pp.361 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Neochionaspis]
Balach1954e: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes]

Structure: Adult female comma shaped, white, 1.3mm long and .5 mm wide. Margin of body from prothorax to third segment of abdomen with groups of cylindrical ducts and groups of short seta-like plates. 2-3 pairs of lobes, first pair broadly rounded, second and third pairs bifurcate, small and conical. Second and third incisions of pygidium with one plate, the rest of the margin of the pygidium with four plates. The cylindrical ducts are situated in a narrow band along the margin of the pygidium and in longitudinal rows on the remaining aspect of the pygidium. The formula of the circumgenital pores is 4-9 (7-11); frequently 5-8 (8-11) 7-9 (Borchsenius, 1947a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Balachowsky (1954e).