Lepidosaphes kamakurensis (Kuwana)

Suh, Soo-Jung, 2016, Armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) from warm temperate forests in Korea, Insecta Mundi 2016 (500), pp. 1-6 : 3-4

Lepidosaphes kamakurensis (Kuwana) ( Figures 5–7 )

Lepidosaphes kamakurensis Kuwana, 1925: 18–19 . Type data: Japan, on Thea japonica .

Diagnosis. Adult female cover pale to dark brown, oyster-shell shaped, slightly convex; shed skins pale to dark brown, marginal. Male cover similar to that of female, shorter, narrower. Adult female elongate fusiform with two definite pairs of lobes; third and fourth lobes represented by a series of small points. Pygidium rather trapezoidal; medial lobes rather small, nearly as long as wide, separated by a space more or less narrower than one of them. Dorsal macroducts slender (about 1.8 μm in diameter), with 7–9 on abdominal segment 6. Gland spines present on metathorax and abdomen. Lateral projections present between abdominal segments 1 to 3.Antenna with 2 setae. Anterior spiracle with 2 pores, posterior spiracles without pores. Perivulvar pores in 5 groups, about 19 pores in total.

Material examined. Korea. GN: Dadaepo , 12 adult females, on Camellia japonica , leaf, 13-xii-2007 (S.J. Suh) ; Dongbaekseom , 9 adult females, same host, 14-xiii-2008 (S.J. Suh) ; Dongbaekgongwon , 5 adult females, same host, 24-ix-2008 (S.J. Suh) ; Yongdusangongwon , 9 adult females, same host, 15-xii-2011 (S.J. Suh). JN: Wando Arboretum, 8 adult females, on Camellia japonica , leaf, 17-vi-2008 (S.J. Suh) ; Wandosumokwon , 5 adult females, same host, 1-iv-2009 (S.J. Suh) ; Bogildo , 2 adult females, same host, 2-iv-2009 (S.J. Suh) .

Distribution. Japan, Taiwan ( Kawai 1980; Hua 2000), * Korea.

Hosts. Smilacaceae : Heterosmilax japonica . Theaceae : Camellia japonica , Camellia sp. ( Kawai 1980; Hua 2000).

Figures

Figures 1–9. Species of armored scales new to Korea.1–2: Andaspis recurrens, 1) female, 2) pygidium. 3–4: Hypaspidiotus jordani, 3) female, 4) pygidium. 5–7: Lepidosaphes kamakurensis, 5) habitus, 6) female, 7) pygidium. 8–9: Selenomphalus distylii, 8) female, 9) pygidium.