Tanaka, H. 2012b Redesription of Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909, and its transfer to the genus Pulvinaria Tagaioni Tozzetti (Coccoidea, Coccidae). ZooKeys 217:1-10

Notes: The Japanese soft scale Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909, is redescribed and transferred in the genus Pulvinaria Targoni Torzetti as Pulvinaria citricola (Kuwana, 1909), comb n. (Coccoidea: Coccidae). Pulvinaria gamazumii Kanda, 1960 is synonymized with P. citricola comb. n. and Pulvinaria nipponica Lindinger, 1933, is resurreted as the replacemet name for Pulvinaria citricola Kuwnana, 1914 (nec, Kuwana, 1909). The adult female of P. citricola (Kuwana, 1909) is redescribed and illustrated.

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