Valid Names Results

Unaspis pseudaesculus Tang, 1986 (Diaspididae: Unaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Unaspis pseudaesculus Tang 1986: 140. Type data: CHINA: Sichuan, Mount Emei, on undetermined host. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Unaspis pseudaei Tang, 1986; Tang 1986: 131. misspelling of species epithet
• Unaspis psedaesculus Tang, 1986; Zeng 2000: 51. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• NiuFe2019: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Unaspis]
• Watson2015a: pp.437 ( Adult (F) ) [slide-mounted adult females of Unaspis]
• Zeng2000: pp.51 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Unaspis]
• Tang1986: pp.131 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Unaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Unaspis pseudaesculus is near U. aesculi, from which it is distinguished by having fewer dorsal pygidial macroducts and by the absence of gland spines on the mesothorax (Tang, 1986).
• Structure: Female body elongate fusiform, 0.63-0.75 mm long, membranous except for pygidium. Median lobes apically acute or rounded and with mesal margin serrated or not (Tang, 1986).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tang (1986).

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