Kuwanina

Henderson, Rosa C., 2007, Three new genera and six new species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from mountain habitats in New Zealand, Zootaxa 1449, pp. 1-29 : 10

Key to Kuwanina species adult females

1. Spiracles each with a well developed apodeme; associated spiracular disc pores not stalked or invaginated, scattered nearby; prothoracic and mesothoracic legs entirely lacking; metathoracic leg a ballshaped coxa (leg flap) completely covered with reticulate pores ............................................................... 2

- Spiracles without a well-developed apodeme; each spiracle within a large semi-circular, invaginated area; associated spiracular disc pores slightly sunken on short stalks, forming a tight group close to peritreme; all legs represented by vestigial leg flaps, with few pores, none ball-shaped and completely covered with pores .............................................................................................................................. K. kiwiana sp. nov.

2. Posterior and submarginal dorsal abdomen folding round onto ventral abdomen, with dorsal intersegmental lines strongly sclerotised, each curved, reflexed towards submedian; invaginations on abdominal segments not containing 5-locular disc pores ................................................................................ K. obscurata

- Dorsal abdominal intersegmental lines strongly nodulose, if curved, then not strongly reflexed; with a row of invaginated 5-locular pores on each dorsal abdominal segment ................................................. K.parva