A new species of Aulacaspis and a revived combination of Diaspididae (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) from China

By

Niu, Min
Cai, Bo
Wei, Jiu-Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1174

Pages

301--314

Subjects

armored scale insect , molecular phylogenetic analysis , new record , Pest , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.105851

 

Abstract

A new species of armored scale insect, Aulacaspis fanjingshanensissp. nov. is described and illustrated based on adult female specimens collected on Rosaceae plants in China. A key to the Aulacaspis species known from Guizhou Province of China is provided. Our molecular study suggests that Aulacaspis schizosoma (Takagi, 1970) is not a true member of the genus Aulacaspis; the genus Superturmaspis Chen, 1983 is revived and A. schizosoma is transferred to it as Superturmaspis schizosoma (Takagi, 1970), revived combination, based on a molecular phylogeny.