Kuwanaspis is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo. Including Phyllostachys heteroclada (fishscale bamboo) and Pleioblastus amarus (bitter bamboo).[2]
| Kuwanaspis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Tribe: | Diaspidini |
| Subtribe: | Kuwanaspidina |
| Genus: | Kuwanaspis MacGillivray, 1921 |
| Synonyms | |
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Chuaspis Tao & Wong, 1982[1] | |
Species
editSpecies include:
- Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919) as Chionaspis annandalei[1]
- Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi, 1938
- Kuwanaspis bambusae Kuwana, 1902 as Leucaspis bambusae
- Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899) as Mytilaspis bambusicola, junior synonym Chuaspis shuichuensis [1][3]
- Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae Takahashi, 1934 as Tsukushiaspis bambusifoliae
- Kuwanaspis daliensis
- Kuwanaspis elongata
- Kuwanaspis elongatoides
- Kuwanaspis foliosa Wu, 1986 as Kuwanaspis foliosus
- Kuwanaspis hikosani
- Kuwanaspis howardi (woolly bamboo scale) [2]
- Kuwanaspis linearis (bamboo long scale)
- Kuwanaspis multipora
- Kuwanaspis neolinearis
- Kuwanaspis pectinata
- Kuwanaspis phragmitis
- Kuwanaspis phyllostachydis
- Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis (bamboo diaspidid)
- Kuwanaspis suishana
- Kuwanaspis takahashii
- Kuwanaspis tanzawensis
- Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi, 1931) as Tsukushiaspis vermiformis[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Takagi, Sadao (1999). "Notes on the scale insect subtribe Kuwanaspidina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 56: 95–150.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Yuyin, Lin (1990). "Observations on Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi)". Journal of Bamboo Research. 1990 (2). Abstract
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