A new species of Lecanodiaspis Targioni Tozzetti, 1869 (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Lecanodiaspididae), with an updated checklist of the false pit scales of China

By

Zhang, Jiang Tao
Keqing, Wang
Watson, Gillian W.
Liu, Xing-Ping
Wang, Xubo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-06-06

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1240

Pages

219--238

Subjects

Distribution , Fagaceae , host , key , Lecanodiaspis jiangxiensis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1240.148728

 

Abstract

A new species of false pit scale (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Lecanodiaspididae), Lecanodiaspis jiangxiensis Zhang & Wang, sp. nov., collected on Castanea mollissima Blume (Fagaceae) in Jiangxi, south China, is described and illustrated based on the morphology of the adult female. A taxonomic key and an updated checklist of false pit scales known from China are provided.