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Parunaspis Takagi, 2024 (Diaspididae)

Parunaspis Takagi 2024: 162. Type species: Parunaspis beilschmiediae Takagi by original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Takagi (2024) failed to find any evidence to support the view that Parunaspis and Unaspis are closely related to each other. Above all, the different numbers of the antennal segments in the first nymphal stage may suggest the possibility of a remote relationship between them.
Structure: Adult female having features generally as in the species of Unaspis, but different from the latter in having a pair of long stiff marginal setae between the median lobes. [These setae, occurring ventrally, probably belong to the ninth abdominal segment. In Unaspis species the corresponding setae are fine and generally short. As compared with them, the setae in Parunaspis are distinctly thicker, with the apex sharply pointed]. First instar nymph with 6-segmented antennae. [In Unaspis, with 5-segmented antennae] (Takagi 2024).
General Remarks: Original description and illustration of genus and type species, P. beilschmiediae, by Takagi (2024).