Valid Names Results

Kuwania pasaniae Borchsenius, 1960 (Kuwaniidae: Kuwania)

Nomenclatural History

• Kuwania pasaniae Borchsenius 1960e: 914. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, near Kunming City, on Pasania sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• 柯树皮珠蚧 [Kē shù pí zhū jiè] ZhengLiXi2026

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengLiXi2026: pp.272 ( Adult (F) ) [Kuwania species]
• WuNaGu2013: pp.295 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kuwania based on adult females]
• TangHa1995: pp.77 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
• Borchs1960e: pp.914 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Systematics: The redescription of Kuwania pasaniae Borchsenius in Zheng, et al., 2026 differs from the original description in Borchsenius (1960) in having (character states in the original description in parentheses): (i) 1–4 multilocular disc pores near the opening of each thoracic spiracle (with one multilocular disc pore near each opening); (ii) simple pores slightly smaller than or the same size as multilocular disc pores (simple pores slightly larger than multilocular disc pores); (iii) simple pores present from the metathorax to the last segment (present on the metathorax and abdominal segments V–VIII). Borchsenius (1960) based his description on specimens from Pasania sp. (now Lithocarpus, Fagaceae) collected in Yunnan Province. (Zheng, et al., 2026)
• Structure: Adult female body oblong, with head narrow and posterior end round; body red, naked or with flocculent wax; crawling on the trunk of host plant. Slide-mounted body 3.1–4.3 mm long, 1.1–1.8 mm wide; derm membranous, segmentation distinct. Antennae nine segmented, each antenna 620–740 μm long (Zheng, et al., 2026) Adult male body and anterior margin of fore-wing bright red, compound eyes dark brown. Antennae, legs and fore-wings developed, fore-wings large and broad. Posterior of abdomen with a tuft of long wax filaments. (Zheng, et al., 2026)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Borchsenius (1960e), Danzig (1980b) and by Tang & Hao (1995). Detailed redescription of female, male and nymph in Zheng, et al., 2026.

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