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Pseudaulacaspis kentiae (Kuwana, 1931) (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis)

Phenacaspis kentiae Kuwana 1931a: 10-11. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Yamamoto, Hyogo-ken, on Kentia sp., ?/03/1930, by S. Kuwana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Trichomytilus kentiae (Kuwana, 1931); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
Chionaspis kentiae (Kuwana, 1931); Paik 1972: 2. change of combination
Pseudaulacaspis kentiae (Kuwana, 1931); Takagi 1985: 46. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Countries: 3

WeiFe2012a: pp.15 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of the genus Pseudaulacaspis]
Chen1983: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis kentiae
Kuwana1931a: pp.2 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Phenacaspis] Key as: Phenacaspis kentiae

Systematics: Pseudaulacaspis kentiae resembles P. aucubae (=P. cockerelli) in the shape of the female, but can be readily separated by the morphological differences in the female pygidium (Kuwana, 1931a).
Structure: Female scale white, slightly convex, irregular, usually broadly round or much dilated behind, thick and often showing vein-like markings on the surface, 2.2-2.5 mm long, 1.5-2.0 mm wide. 1st exuviae very pale straw; 2nd yellowish brown to dark brown with yellowish end, usually slightly covered with a grayish secretion. Ventral scale barely developed. Male scale small, elongate, parallel-sided, keel distinct, 1.0 mm long, 0.4 mm wide; exuviae pale straw. Adult female body elongate, anterior end narrow, broadest at the metathoracic region, segmentation distinct. Pygidium small and narrow. Median lobes very broad and stout, widely separated, inner margins parallel at the base then strongly divergent, distinctly serrated, outer margins slightly concave. Second lobes divided into two lobules, narrow with round apices, inner lobules much longer than the outer, but usually not exceeding the median lobes (Kuwana, 1931a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kuwana (1931a).