Kuwanaspis

Kuwanaspis
Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis, bamboo diaspidid, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subfamily: Diaspidinae
Tribe: Diaspidini
Subtribe: Fioriniina
Genus:
Macgillivray, 1921
Synonyms[1]
  • Chuaspis Tao & Wong, 1982

Kuwanaspis is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. These scale insects typically feed on Bamboo plants such as Phyllostachys heteroclada (fishscale bamboo) and Pleioblastus amarus (bitter bamboo).[2][3][4][5][6]

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Kuwanaspis:[6][1][2][7][8]

  • Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919) (China, India, Taiwan)
  • Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi, 1938 (China, Taiwan)
  • Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899)
  • Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae (Takahashi, 1934) (China, Taiwan)
  • Kuwanaspis daliensis Hu, 1982 (China)
  • Kuwanaspis elongata (Takahashi, 1930) (China, Taiwan)
  • Kuwanaspis elongatoides H.u.Tang, 1986 (China)
  • Kuwanaspis foliosa Wu, 1986 (China)
  • Kuwanaspis hikosani (Kuwana, 1902)
  • Kuwanaspis howardi (Cooley, 1898) (bamboo white scale)
  • Kuwanaspis linearis (Green, 1922) (bamboo long scale)
  • Kuwanaspis multipora Tang, 1986 (China)
  • Kuwanaspis neolinearis (Takahashi, 1930) (Asia)
  • Kuwanaspis pectinata Takagi, 1999 (Malaysia)
  • Kuwanaspis phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931) (Taiwan)
  • Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis (Kuwana, 1923) (bamboo diaspidid)
  • Kuwanaspis suishana (Takahashi, 1930) (Asia)
  • Kuwanaspis takahashii Takagi, 1961 (Japan)
  • Kuwanaspis tanzawensis Takagi & Kawai, 1966 (Japan)
  • Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi, 1930)

References

  1. ^ a b Takagi, Sadao (1999). "Notes on the scale insect subtribe Kuwanaspidina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 56: 95–150.
  2. ^ a b Xu, Xiu-Lan; Zeng, Qian; Lv, Yi-Cong; Jeewon, Rajesh; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S.N.; Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Xiao, Qian-Gang; Liu, Ying-Gao; Yang, Chun-Lin (2021). "Insight into the Systematics of Novel Entomopathogenic Fungi Associated with Armored Scale Insect, Kuwanaspis howardi (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in China". J. Fungi. 7 (8): 628. doi:10.3390/jof7080628. PMC 8401669. PMID 34436167.
  3. ^ "GBIF, Kuwanaspis". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Kuwanaspis Macgillivray, 1921". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  5. ^ Normark, Benjamin B.; Okusu, Akiko; Morse, Geoffrey E.; Peterson, Daniel A.; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny and classification of armored scale insects (Hemiptera:Coccomorpha: Diaspididae)". Zootaxa. 4616 (1): zootaxa.4616.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1. PMID 31716328. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ a b García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. (2016). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". Database. doi:10.1093/database/bav118. PMC 4747323. PMID 26861659. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  7. ^ Yuyin, Lin (1990). "Observations on Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi)". Journal of Bamboo Research. 1990 (2). Abstract
  8. ^ Tao, Charles Chia-chu; Wong, Chen-yu (1982). "Description of a new genus and species of bamboo scale, Chuaspis shuichuensis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspidae) from Taiwan, China". Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum. 35: 123–125.