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:	Kuwanaspis 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. Takagi, Sadao (1999). "Notes on the scale insect subtribe Kuwanaspidina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 56: 95–150.
2. 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. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1 . Retrieved 2025-01-03.
6. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi: 10.1093/database/bav118 . 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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Kuwanaspis at iNaturalist