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Kuwanina kiwiana Henderson, 2007 (Eriococcidae: Kuwanina)

Kuwanina kiwiana Henderson 2007a: 11-12. Type data: NEW ZEALAND, SI: Southland, 900-1000m, on Nothofagus menziesli, 05/17/1956. Holotype, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Body elongate-oval, 0.37-0.68 mm wide, 0.51-0.9 mm long; derm membranous except dorsum of abjomen sclerotised, with deeply furrowed intersegmental lines, and abdominal intersegmental areas heavily folded and crossed; derm of ventral submarginal abdomen nodulose, Eyespots not seen. 1 seta on margins of each abdominal segment, apparently absent on thorax and head. Antennae unsegmented, reduced to vestigial lobes lacking normal setae and pores. Labium with 5 pairs of setae discernable. Anal lobes broad, joined together as 1 continuous lobe with a small dorsal invagination. Anal ring non-cellular, ventral, oval, with 3 pairs short setae on posterior half. dorsal setae either small and spinose or abruptly needle-shaped distal to relatively broad base within a sclerotised collar.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration in R. Henderson (2007a).