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Diaonidia litsea Zhang, Sun & Huang, 2024 (Diaspididae: Diaonidia)

Diaonidia litsea Zhang, Sun & Huang 2024: 215. Type data: CHINA: Hainan, Sanya City, Nanshan Fairyland (109°9′15.0372″E, 18°17′57.1776″N), on branches of L. monopetala, 202/26/2023, by Shaobin HUANG & Ding’an SUN.. Holotype, female and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Guangzhou: Insect Collection at the Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic, Guangdong Province, China; accepted valid name Notes: 11♀, 4 first instar nymphs and 8 second instar nymphs, same data as holotype. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This new species Diaonidia litsea sp. nov. differs from the other two species D. cinnamomi and D. yabunikkei in that pygidium has two pairs of well-developed lobes and anterior spiracle with disc pores. (Zhang, et al., 2024)
Structure: Adult female pupillarial, the adult female entirely covered with the second exuvium. The scale body nearly circular, 0.7–1.0 mm in diameter, with one exuvium at the center or near the center, light green, with a deep blue edge and a blue center. Body on slide inverted apple-shaped, 465–603 μm long and 518–681 μm wide. Mouthparts well-developed, and the area around the mouthparts slightly sclerotized in young and strongly sclerotized in mature. Antennae each with 1 sclerotized projection and 1 seta. First instar nymphs wide ellipse, 170–199 μm long and 124–138 μm wide. Antenna 5-segmented, about 39 μm long; the basal 4 segments short, the terminal segment longest, about half of total antennal length (Zhang, et al., 2024)
General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustrations in Zhang, et al., 2024.

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