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

Kuwania inanensis Zheng & Wu 2026: 260-263. Type data: CHINA: Hainan province: Wuzhishan City, Shuiman Township. (18.86°N, 109.67°E, alt: 611.4 m), on Lithocarpus handelianus, 01/08/2025 bySanan Wu and Yu-ang Li. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: All adult females were dissected out from third-instar female nymphs (cyst) and mounted on the same slides with their corresponding nymphs. Holotype mounted together with a third-instar female nymph on one slide (BFUC). Paratypes: Hainan • ♀, two third-instar female nymphs, same data as holotype, (a total of two slides) with adult female mounted together with a nymph on one slide (GUGC); a nymph mounted together with holotype on one slide (BFUC). Illustr.

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Systematics: https://zoobank.org/0E8A0A6D-2F39-474B-A4B0-0EEC8ACA4D30 Figs 1B, 4A–P, 5A–F
The adult female of Kuwania hainanensis is similar to that of K. clandestina in having: (i) simple pores of two sizes and (ii) six pairs of abdominal spiracles. It differs from the latter in having (character states in K. clandestina: in parentheses): (i) 3–5 multilocular disc pores within the atrium of each abdominal spiracle (with one or two multilocular disc pores in the atria); (ii) distal end of the tibia with 15–18 capitate setae (with 4–9 capitate setae). (Zheng, et al., 2026)
Structure: Slide-mounted materiala dult females dissected out from third-instar female nymphs. Body 3.2–4.1 mm long, .1–1.5 mm wide; derm membranous, segmentation distinct. Antennae each 700–710 μm long, Scape 110–165 μm wide, mostly membranous but base sclerotized, with a sclerotized bar on both surfaces. (Zheng, et al., 2026)
General Remarks: Deailed descriptions and illustrations of adult female and third-instar nymph in Zheng, et al., 2026.

ZhengLiXi2026: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 260, 272