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Issue: Vol. 5604 No. 2: 13 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.2.8
Page range: 185-190
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Pauroaspis Tang (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Asterolecaniidae) from southwestern China, with a key to species worldwide

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; P. R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; College of Plant Protection; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China.
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; P. R. China.
Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha Coccoidea new species pit scales key

Abstract

A new species of pit scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Asterolecaniidae), Pauroaspis chuanensis Li & Wu, sp. nov., is recorded on bamboo from Sichuan Province, China. The adult female is described and illustrated, and an identification key is provided to separate the females of Pauroaspis species worldwide.

 

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