Valid Names Results

Unaspis kanoi (Takahashi, 1935) (Diaspididae: Unaspis)

Coccomytilus kanoi Takahashi 1935a: 444-447. Type data: TAIWAN: Botel Tobago, on undetermined tree, 1935, by T. Kano. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Unaspis kanoi (Takahashi, 1935); Borchsenius 1966: 107. change of combination
Pinnaspis konoi Tao, 1978; Tao 1978: 105. change of combination and misspelling of species epithet
Unaspis kanoi (Takahashi, 1935); Gill, et al. 1982: 8. revived combination (previously published)

Countries: 1

Systematics: Unaspis kanoi is characterized by the large median lobes which are closely placed to each other (Takahashi, 1935a).
Structure: Female scale blackish brown, covered with whitish secretions, stout, a little or not curved, not expanded posteriorly, moderately convex dorsally, with no ridge, about 1.6-1.8 mm long. 1st exuviae yellowish brown, extending beyond the front end of the scale. 2nd exuviae stout, about 1.65 times as long as wide, narrowed on anterior part, very broadly rounded on the front, without paler areas and furrows, with stout median lobes closely placed. Adult female broadest across abdomen, narrowing towards front end, with segmentation rather distinct. Pygidium much wider than long, more sclerotized especially on the median area, rounded at the base of each side, with many stout longitudinal lines. Median lobes protruding, large, as long as wide, narrowed towards the tip on the distal part, rounded apically, scarcely or not notched, slightly serrate, parallel, very closely placed, with no seta between them. 2nd lobes much smaller than the median, close to the median, divided, the inner lobules much larger than the outer, serrate. 3rd lobes shorter than 2nd, stout, divided, the lobules wider than long (Takahashi, 1935a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1935a).