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Lepidosaphes piniphila Borchsenius, 1958 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes piniphilus Borchsenius 1958a: 171. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong, Kwangchow, in park of Linang University, 12/12/1954, by L. Su-tsun & N. Borchsenius; Nankin, 10/10/1954, by N. Shutova. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Parainsulaspis piniphila (Borchsenius, 1958); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 3

MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]
Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
Paik1978: pp.339 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Takagi1960: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes piniphila is close to L. tubulorum, from which it is separated by the shape of the body and the shape of sclerotized spines, located on sides of abdomen. It is also close to L. keteleeriae and L. okitsuensis, from these species also separated by the sclerotized spines of the abdomen (Borchsenius, 1958a).
Structure: Female scale narrow, slightly widened toward posterior end, brown, 1.7 mm long. Adult female body elongate, widened upwards to the 2nd abdominal segment, reaches 1.4 mm long and 0.55 mm wide (Borchsenius, 1958a).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1958a). Table of taxonomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006). Photographs in EFSA (2023j).