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Prodiaspis sinensis (Tang, 1986) (Diaspididae: Prodiaspis)

Prodiaspis tamaricicola Young 1984: 211. Type data: CHINA: Ningxia Hui, Yinchuan, Yinchuan City Park, on Tamarix sp., 08/04/1983 by J. Wang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; homonym through subsequent combination (discovered by TakagiMaOh1997, 83). Notes: Paratype in Institute of Forestry, Ningxia Academy of Forestry, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Circodiaspis sinensis Tang 1986: 14. Type data: CHINA: Xinqxia, Autonomous Regions, on Tamarix pentandra and Myricaria daburica. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; replacement name Replacement name for Prodiaspis tamaricicola Young 1984 Notes: replacement name for Prodiaspis tamaricicola, however Circodiaspis was determined to be a synonym for Prodiaspis in TakagiMaOh1997: 83. Illustr.
Adiscodiaspis sinensis (Tang, 1986); Danzig 1993: 395. change of combination
Prodiaspis sinensis (Tang, 1986); Takagi, Tang, Yasar & Kondo 1997: 83. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: When Takagi et al. (1997) moved tamaricicola Malenotti 1916 into Prodiaspis they created a homonymy with tamaricicola Young 1984. Instead of creating a new replacement name, they used the synonym sinensis Tang as the replacement name. Adiscodiaspis sinensis is close to A. tamaricicola, but differs in the following ways: antenna of the former with 4 thin setae and pyramidal in form, but the latter with 4 strong spines and hemispherical in shape; all segments of the antenna in the 1st stage larva equal in length in tamaricicola, but the 3rd segment is the longest in sinensis; the marginal groups of dorsal ducts 14 in number on each side of the abdomen in sinensis, but there are only 10 in tamaricicola (Tang, 1986).
Structure: Adult female scale white in color, circular or pyriform in shape, yellowish exuviae, nearly central in position, ventral scale thick (Tang, 1986).
Biology: This species causes great damage to Tamarix (Tang, 1986).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Young & Wang (1984) and Tang (1986).