Redescription of Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909, and its transfer to the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Pozzetti (Coccoidea, Coccidae)

Abstract

The Japanese soft scale Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909 is redescribed and transferred to the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti as Pulvinaria citricola (Kuwana, 1909), comb. n. (Coccoidea: Coccidae). Pulvinaria gamazumii Kanda, 1960 is synonymized with P. citricola comb. n. and Pulvinaria nipponica Lindinger, 1933, is resurrected as the replacement name for Pulvinaria citricola Kuwana, 1914 (nee Kuwana, 1909). The adult female of P. citricola (Kuwana, 1909) is redescribed and illustrated. © Hirotaka Tanaka.