Two New Species of the Family Diaspididae (Homoptera: Diaspidoidea) from China

In the present paper, two new species of the Family Diaspididae from China are described. All of the type specimens are deposited in the Entomological Museum of the Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry. 1. Pinnaspis pseudotuberculatus, sp. nov. (Fig. 1) The new species is similar to P. tuberculatus Tang 1986 and P. frontalis Takagi 1970. but differs from the latters by the following characters: 1)submaginal glands present on each of the third to fifth abdominal segments 7-9, 6-8, 3-6; but P. tuberculatus on the third and forth abdominal segments 0-4, 0-3; and P. frontalis on the forth and fifth abdominal segments, one on each; 2) minute ducts in submedian area present on segments 3 and 4, while P. tuberculatus present on segments 2 to 4, P. frontalis has no minute duct in submedian. Holotype: ♀, Dawei mountain, Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, 10-Ⅶ-1974, collected by CHOU Io and YUAN Feng, Host: Abutilon theophrasti Medicus.(No. 74324);Paratypes: 10♀♀,same data as the holotype. 2. Duplachionaspis yunnanensis, sp. nov. (Fig.2) This new species resembles D. subtilis Borchsenius 1958, but is easily distinguished by the following characters:1) submarginal dorsal ducts present on each of the second to fifth abdominal segments, but the latter on the second to sixth abdominal segments;2) posterior spiracle without disc pore, the latter with 8-12 disc pores. Holotype: ♀, Dawei mountain, Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, 10-Ⅶ-1974, collected by CHOU Io and YUAN Feng, Host: Ficus carica L.(No. 74323);Paratypes: 3♀♀,same data as the holotype.