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Kuwania clandestina Zheng & Wu, 2026 (Kuwaniidae: Kuwania)

Kuwania clandestina Zheng & Wu 2026: 256. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan province: Puer City, Simao District, Meizi Lake. (22.75°N, 100.98°E, alt: 1369 m)., 03/13/2023, by Yong Wang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Yunnan • 5♀♀, 10 intermediate-stage female nymphs, same data as holotype (a total of seven slides, two slides including 2♀♀ and three nymphs in GUCG, and five slides including 3♀♀ and seven nymphs in BFUC); one slide containing two adult females mounted together (GUGC) Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: https://zoobank.org/4464C536-0A79-4EE2-B30B-C58851742734 Figs 1A, 2A–K, 3A–G
The adult female of Kuwania clandestina is similar to that of K. pasaniae Borchsenius in having: (i) six pairs of abdominal spiracles and (ii) large simple pores. It differs from the latter in having (character states in K. pasaniae in parentheses): (i) a tuft of seven or eight capitate setae at the distal end of the tibia (distal end of tibia with 13–30 capitate setae); (ii) small simple pores present on the dorsum (simple pores present on the venter only). (Zheng, et al., 2026)
Structure: Appearance in life. Body oblong, reddish in color; legs and antennae developed; naked or dorsum covered with flocculent wax; hidden under the bark of Fagaceae. Slide-mounted body 2.4–4.1 mm long, 0.9–1.3 mm wide; derm membranous, segmentation distinct. Antennae each 482–614 μm long,
General Remarks: Detailed desc.ription, illustration and photographs in Zheng, et al., 2026

ZhengLiXi2026: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, nymph, 256-259, 272