Kuwanaspis Explained

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).^[1]

Species

Species include:

• Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919) as Chionaspis annandalei
• Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi, 1938
• Kuwanaspis bambusae Kuwana, 1902 as Leucaspis bambusae
• Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899) as Mytilaspis bambusicola, junior synonym Chuaspis shuichuensis ^[2]
• 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) ^[1]
• 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^[3]

Notes and References

1. 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 . Insight into the Systematics of Novel Entomopathogenic Fungi Associated with Armored Scale Insect, Kuwanaspis howardi (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in China . J. Fungi . 2021 . 7 . 8 . 628 . 10.3390/jof7080628. 34436167 . 8401669 . free .
2. 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.
3. Yuyin, Lin. 1990. Observations on Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi). Journal of Bamboo Research. 1990. 2. Abstract