Project description:Adult females of a new species of armored scale insect, Octaspidiotus shanghaiensis sp. n. are described and illustrated from specimens collected in China. A key is provided for the all described species of Octaspidiotus.
Project description:A new species in the aphid genus Chucallis Tao, Chucallis latusigladius Qiao, Jiang & Chen, sp. n. feeding on a species of bamboo, Indocalamus tessellatus (Munro) Keng f., is described. It differs from the only other known species in the genus by having remarkably large marginal processes on abdominal tergite IV. A key to species, morphological descriptions, distributional data and host plant information are provided. The type specimens studied are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Project description:A new species of soft scale, Coccus multisetus Wang & Feng, sp. n. is described and illustrated from Yunnan, China. A key to adult females of all Coccusknown from China is provided.
Project description:BackgroundThe leafhopper genus Empoascanara Distant, 1918 encompasses 81 species, most of which are distributed in Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian Realm. The leafhopper genus Kapsa Dworakowska, 1972 encompasses 23 species, mainly known from the Oriental and Australian Realms.New informationTwo new species of the leafhopper tribe Erythroneurini from Guizhou Province, China, Empoascanaradichotomus sp. nov. and Kapsasinuose sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Identification keys to the males of the genera Empoascanara and Kapsa in China are proposed.
Project description:Five genera from China of the leafhopper tribe Typhlocybini are treated. Linnavuoriana Dlabola, 1958 and Shamala Dworakowska, 1980 and seven known species, Edwardsianacorylicola Vilbaste, 1968, E.praedestina Dlabola, 1967, E.singularis Anufriev, 1975, Hiratettixdistanti Dworakowska, 1982, H.malaisei Dworakowska, 1982, L.antiqua Dworakowska, 1982, and L.malicola Zachvatkin, 1949 are newly recorded from China. Two new species, Shamalaannulata and Paracybabiprocessa spp. nov., are described and illustrated. Keys to Chinese species of each genus are also provided.
Project description:A new species Leptopulvinariasapinda sp. n. is described and illustrated based on adult females collected on Sapindussaponaria (Sapindaceae) from Shanghai and Jiangsu. This is the first report of Leptopulvinaria species in China. A key to the species of Leptopulvinaria Kanda is provided.
Project description:Two new species of armored scale, Megacanthaspis hangzhouensis Wei & Feng, sp. n. and Megacanthaspis hainanensis Wei & Feng, sp. n. are described and illustrated from specimens collected from China. A key to adult female of Megacanthaspis species is provided.
Project description:Neothelaxespileata Qiao sp. nov., found on Pileamartinii (Urticaceae) in China, is described and illustrated. Neothelaxes Chakrabarti & Quednau is also a new generic record for China.
Project description:A new species of armoured scale insect, Megacanthaspisguiyangensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to M.hangzhouensis. Megacanthaspisguiyangenis infests leaves of Oligostachyumlubricum in China. A key to all eight species of Megacanthaspis now known is provided.
Project description:A new whitefly species, Metabemisia leguminosa sp. n., collected from an undetermined leguminous herb is described from Wuzhishan Mountain, Hainan Island, China. The puparium of the new species differs from that of all other Metabemisia species by the presence of 4-5 rows of very small distinct papillae along the margin, the absence of the first abdominal seta, and the indistinct thoracic tracheal pores. An identification key to the worldwide species of Metabemisia is provided.