A new species of Lecanodiaspis Targioni Tozzetti, 1869 (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Lecanodiaspididae), with an updated checklist of the false pit scales of China
A new species of false pit scale (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Lecanodiaspididae), <i>Lecanodiaspisjiangxiensis</i> Zhang & Wang, <b>sp. nov.</b>, collected on <i>Castaneamollissima</i> 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.
Authors
- Jiang‐Tao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-3918)
- Gillian W. Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9914-0094)
- Xubo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5996-6027)
- Xingping Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1831-9290)
- Kangbing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2308-2948)
Institutions
- Natural History Museum (GB)
- Southwest Forestry University (CN)
- Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (CN)
- Jiangxi Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1240.148728
- Primary Topic
- Research on scale insects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Southwest Forestry University
- Agricultural Research Service