Valid Names Results

Pinnaspis tuberculata Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Pinnaspis)

Pinnaspis tuberculatus Tang 1986: 297-298. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Menghai County, on Magnolia sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Pinnaspis tuberculata Tang, 1986; Miller, Gimpel & Williams 2003: 947. emendation that is justified

Families: 5 | Genera: 5

Countries: 1

Systematics: Pinnaspis tuberculatus resembles P. buxi, but the latter is without an interantennal tubercle. P. tuberculatus also resembles P. frontalis, but differs in the position of the anus, distribution of ducts and appearance of pygidial lobes (Tang, 1986).
Structure: Female scale 1.0 mm long, pale brown. Adult female body 0.86-0.90 mm long, parallel-sided, sometimes with pronounced prosomatic tubercles. Pygidial lobes in 2 pairs, 2nd pair hatch-shaped (Tang, 1986).