Shen, X., Xue, J., Zhao, Q., Niu, M., & Wei, J. 2025 A new species of Lopholeucaspis (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) from China, with a key to the species worldwide. Zootaxa 5594(1): 185-193

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Notes: A new species of armored scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae), Lopholeucaspis taiguensis Shen & Wei sp. nov., is described and illustrated from China, based on the morphology of adult females, second-instar females and adult males. A key to the adult females of all the species of Lopholeucaspis is provided. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.10