Chionaspis, Signoret, 1869

Suh, Soo-Jung, 2016, New records of Chionaspis armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Korea, Insecta Mundi 2016 (489), pp. 1-5 : 3

Key to species of Chionaspis in Korea

(slide-mounted adult females)

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— With a series of small dorsal macroducts (wider than microducts in gland spines) on the submedial area of the abdomen .................................................................................................................. 2 Without a series of small dorsal macroducts on the submedial area of the abdomen .............. 4 2(1).

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Median lobes strongly divergent, with a straight medial margin; with small dorsal macroducts on the submedial area of abdominal segments 1 to 5 .............................................................. 3

Median lobes only slightly divergent, with a rounded medial margin; with small dorsal macroducts on the submedial area of abdominal segments 1 to 4; on many hosts including Salix L. and Populus L. ........................................................ Chionaspis salicis (Linnaeus)

3(2).

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