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Lepidosaphes zhejiangensis Feng, 2006 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes zhejiangensis Feng 2006. Type data: CHINA: Zhejiang Province, Pan'an County, on Cedrus deodara, 11/15/1991, by ??. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Shanghai: Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China ; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 2♀♀, same data as the holotype Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is similar to Lepidosaphes maskelli (Cockerell, 1897), but can be distinguished from the latter by: 1) The dorsal ducts on abdominal segments Ⅱ~Ⅳranged in a long transverse band; 2) Mesothorax prolonged, the head and prothorax about half body in length; 3) The area before and between the antennae bearing several small ducts; the latter 1) The dorsal ducts of abdominal segments Ⅱ~Ⅳ not in a transverse band and often 2~4 dorsal ducts on submedian group and submarginal group respectirely, sometimes absent; 2) Mesothorax not prolonged; 3) The area before and between the antennae with merely a few small ducts or without. (Feng, et al., 2006)
General Remarks: Detailed description in Chinese and illustration in Feng, et al., 2006.