Lopholeucaspis Balachowsky 1953

Key to all the species of Lopholeucaspis, based on adult female morphology 1 Apex of pygidium with 2 pairs of needle-like lobes, each lobe with lateral margins convergent throughout.................................................................................................... L. massoniae Tang - Apex of pygidium with 2 pairs of tooth-like lobes; each lobe with lateral margins near base parallel, then converging distally. ................................................................................................... 2 2 With plates present lateral to L2. Plates between L1 fimbriate or fringed at apices.................................. 3 - Plates absent lateral to L2. Plates between L1 acutely spine-like, each broadest at base and tapering gradually to acute apex, except for a few specimens that have plates with fimbriate apices.................... L. taiguensis Shen & Wei sp. nov. 3 Gland tubercles forming continuous lateral row on each side of body............................................ 4 - Gland tubercles absent from between prothorax and abdominal segment III........... L. baluanensis Williams & Watson 4 Each side of pygidium with 8 plates lateral to L2. Perivulvar pores absent from pygidium....... L. spinomarginata (Green) - Each side of pygidium with no more than 3 plates lateral to L2. Perivulvar pores on pygidium........................ 5 5 Lobes never notched on each side.................................................... L. limoniae (Rutherford) - Lobes usually notched on each side....................................................................... 6 6 Cephalic segment very long....................................................... L. excoecariae Borchsenius - Cephalic segment short................................................................................. 7 7 Each side of pygidium with 32–46 macroducts. With gland tubercles present from prothorax to abdominal segment IV. Without sclerotized spine lateral to each antenna................................................. L. japonica (Cockerell) - Each side of pygidium with 11–18 macroducts. With gland tubercles present from the prothorax to abdominal segment V or VI. With a sclerotized spine lateral to each antenna................................ L. cockerelli (Grandpré & Charmoy)