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Unaspis fanjingensis Niu & Feng, 2019 (Diaspididae: Unaspis)

Unaspis fanjingensis Niu & Feng 2019: 576. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou Province, Tongren city, Fanjing Mountain, on Berberidaceae and Litsea (Lauraceae) leaves, 8/18/1996, by Zeng. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Yangling: Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi Province, China.; accepted valid name Notes: Holotype is the first specimen in a row of 4 adult females, clearly mapped on the slide label). The other 3 specimens are paratypes. Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Unaspis fanjingensis is very similar to U. mediforma but di?ers in having (character-states on U. mediforma in brackets): (i) anterior spiracle with 28‒31 parastigmatic pores (5‒8 pores); posterior spiracle without parastigmatic pores (2‒4 pores); (ii) gland spines on pygidium between pygidial lobes each with single point at apex (each with apex split into 2 or 3 points). (Niu & Feng, 2019)
Structure: Slide mounted female body fusiform, widest at abdominal segments I and II. Antennae tuberculate, each with 1 seta and two cusps. (Niu & Feng, 2019)
Economic Importance: Members of both host genera are used for horticultural purposes, so the scale has the potential to become a horticultural pest. (Niu & Feng, 2019)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Niu & Feng, 2019.

NiuFe2019: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 576-578