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

Unaspis menglunensis Niu & Feng 2019: 575. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Menglun city, on Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack. leaves, 4/26/1974, by Chou & Yuan.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shaanxi: Entomological Museum of the Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Baishui, Shaanxi, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes female: CHINA, 2 specimens, same data as holotype (at NWAFU, 1 slide containing 2 adult females). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Unaspis menglunensis is very similar to U. yanonensis, but differs in having characterstates of U. yanonensis are given in brackets): (i) median lobes reduced, replaced by two subuliform protrusions (median lobes well developed); (ii) anterior spiracles each associated with a dense cluster of 28‒33 parastigmatic pores (12‒15 pores); and each posterior spiracle associated with 13‒18 parastigmatic pores (0‒6 pores). (Niu & Feng, 2019)
Structure: Slide mounted body elongate, widest at metathorax; segmentation obvious between prothorax and mesothorax, and between mesothorax and metathorax. Cephalothorax about 2/3 as long as body, head rounded. Antennae round tuberculate, each with 1 long seta and 1 much shorter seta. (Niu & Feng, 2019
Economic Importance: Unaspis menglunensis is primarily a pest in urban areas of China. Its host plant, Murraya paniculata, grows all over Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan and other tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. The species may spread to other areas outside China. (Niu & Feng, 2019)

General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Niu & Feng, 2019.