Unaspis MacGillivray 1921
Creators: name: Niu, Minmin
name: Feng, Jinian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Diaspididae
Unaspis

description: Key to world species of Unaspis MacGillivray (adult females)
1 Median lobes with basal part of inner margins linked together................................................. 2
- Median lobes separate over entire length of inner margins.................................................... 3
2 Posterior spiracle associated with 2–4 parastigmatic pores.................................... U. mediforma (Chen)
- Posterior spiracle without any associated pores............................................. U. fanjingensis sp. n.
3 Perivulvar pores present............................................................................... 4
- Perivulvar pores absent.............................................................................. 14
4 Perivulvar pores usually in 3 groups.................................................. most U. citri (Comstock)
- Perivulvar pores in 5 groups............................................................................ 5
5 Posterior spiracle associated with pores................................................................... 6
- Posterior spiracle not associated with pores............................................................... 10
6 Gland spines in interlobular spaces (except between median lobes) present in pairs................................ 7
- Gland spines in interlobular spaces (except between median lobes) present singly................................. 8
7 Antenna with 3 setae; median lobes separated from each other by slightly less than width of median lobe or more.................................................................................................... U. aei Takagi
- Antenna with 2 setae; median lobes separated from each other by about 1/3 width of median lobe.. U. euonymi (Comstock)
8 Margins of median lobes smooth........................................................ U. acuminata (Green)
- Margins of median lobes at least partly serrate............................................................. 9
9 Antenna with 2 setae; anterior spiracle associated with more pores (12–16) than posterior spiracle (6–7 pores).............................................................................................. U. pseudaesculus Tang
- Antenna with 1 seta; anterior spiracle associated with similar number of pores (4–15 (mean 9.65)) to posterior spiracle (0–14 pores (mean 8.20))................................................................ U. mabilis Lit & Barbecho
10 Interlobular spaces (except between median lobes) each containing a pair of gland spines........... U. assimilis (Maskell)
- Interlobular spaces (except between median lobes) each containing a single gland spine........................... 11
11 Anterolateral margins of cephalothorax with 1 small sclerotized prominence on each side, each prominence surrounded by a concentric textural pattern.......................................................... U. xianensis Wang & Liu
- Anterolateral margins of cephalothorax without any small sclerotized prominences.................................................................................................................................... 12
12 Region of the eye with quite a conspicuous prominence on each side.............................. U. atricolor (Green)
- Region of the eye without conspicuous prominence on each side............................................... 13
13 Margins of median lobes serrate; cephalothorax not heavily sclerotized at maturity.................. U. aesculi Takahashi
- Margins of median lobes smooth; cephalothorax heavily sclerotized at maturity.................. U. turpiniae Takahashi
14 Median lobes reduced, replaced by 2 subuliform protrusions.................................. U. menglunensis sp. n.
- Median lobes well developed.......................................................................... 15
15 Interlobular spaces (except between median lobes) each containing a pair of gland spines........ U. rousseti Balachowsky
- Interlobular spaces (except between median lobes) each containing a single gland spine........................... 16
16 Abdominal segments II and III each with more than 10 marginal gland spines; dorsal pygidial macroducts numbering more than 100......................................................................... U. yanonensis (Kuwana)
- Abdominal segments II and III each with fewer than 10 marginal gland spines; dorsal pygidial macroducts numbering fewer than 80............................................................................................. 17
17 Posterior spiracle associated with pores................................................................... 18
- Posterior spiracle not associated with pores................................................................ 20
18 Marginal macroducts numbering 6 on each side of pygidium.................................. U. nanningensis Zeng
- Marginal macroducts numbering 7 on each side of pygidium.................................................. 19
19 Median lobe more than twice as long as second lobe......................................... U. kanoi (Takahashi)
- Median lobes less than twice as long as second lobe...................................... a few U. citri (Comstock)
20 Dorsal pygidial macroducts numbering 25 or fewer......................................... U. permutans (Green)
- Dorsal pygidial macroducts numbering about 40 or more.................................................... 21
21 Dorsal pygidial macroducts present anterior to level of anus; median lobes protruding from median apical notch U. emei Tang
- Dorsal pygidial macroducts absent from anterior to level of anus; median lobes entirely contained within a median apical notch........................................................................................ U. flava (Green)
description: Published as part of Niu, Minmin & Feng, Jinian, 2019, Two new species of the genus Unaspis MacGillivray, 1921 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) from China, pp. 573-580 in Zootaxa 4555 (4) on page 579, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2585361