Zhang, J.-T., Wang, K.-Q., Watson, G.W., Liu, X.-P., & Wang, X.B. 2025 A new species of Lecanodiaspis Targioni Tozzetti, 1869 (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Lecanodiaspididae), with an updated checklist of the false pit scales of China. ZooKeys 1240: 219-238

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Notes: In the present study, a new species of Lecanodiaspis, L. jiangxiensis Zhang & Wang, sp. nov., collected on Castanea mollissima Blume (Fagaceae) in Jiangxi, south China, is described and illustrated based on adult female morphology, increasing the total number of recorded species to 19. There is also an updated checklist of false pit scales known from China, with information on their hosts and distributions and a taxonomic key to the species. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1240.148728

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