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Pseudaulacaspis momi (Kuwana, 1931) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Phenacaspis momi Kuwana 1931a: 9-10. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Shizuoka-ken, Mt. Hakko, on Abies firma, ?/01/1924, by J. Kuwana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Pseudaulacaspis momi (Kuwana, 1931); Takagi & Kawai 1967: 40. Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Entomology, China; change of combination
Chionaspis keteleeriae; Tang 1986: 288. incorrect synonymy

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WeiFe2012a: pp.13-16 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of the genus Pseudaulacaspis]
Takagi1961: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis momi
Takaha1956d: pp.56 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to some Japanese species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis momi
Kuwana1931a: pp.2 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis momi

Systematics: The female scale resembles that of P. cockerelli, but can be separated by the shape of the pygidial lobes (Kuwana, 1931a).
Structure: Female scale snowy white, opaque, stout, broadly and roundly dilated, slightly convex. 1st exuviae pale yellow; 2nd exuviae yellowish brown, 2.1-2.5 mm long, 1.7-2.0 mm wide. Female body elongate. Pygidium broad, median lobes small, outer margin slightly concave, inner margins parallel near the base, gradually diverging, the apices flatly rounded and strongly serrate. 2nd lobes consisting of 2 lobules of which the inner lobule is much larger and the apices broadly rounded, the outer lobule is conical. 3rd lobes well formed, broad, divided (Kuwana, 1931a).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Kuwana (1931a) and Ferris (1956).