Asterolecaniidae

Martin, Jon H. & Lau, Clive S. K., 2011, The Hemiptera-Sternorrhyncha (Insecta) of Hong Kong, China-an annotated inventory citing voucher specimens and published records, Zootaxa 2847, pp. 1-122 : 33-34

Asterolecaniidae

Asterolecanium spp all HK species are now placed in Bambusaspis

Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval, 1869) BMNH vouchers from Bambusa ventricosa and Bambusa sp. Lee & Winney (1981) reported this species, under the former combination Asterolecanium bambusae .

Bambusaspis chinae ( Russell, 1941)

Described from Kowloon, on Bambusa sp. , and from mainland China. The HK material is from the Koebele collection, collected in 1900 (USNM). No HK material of this species in BMNH.

Bambusaspis longula ( Russell, 1941)

Described from HK on Arundinaria sinica . Type material was collected by A.S. Hitchcock in 1921 ( USNM). No HK material of this species in BMNH .

Bambusaspis mimica ( Russell, 1941)

Described from mainland China and HK by Russell (1941), the HK material having been collected by G. Compere and by C.W. Howard, on undetermined bamboos. The holotype ( USNM) is from mainland China. No HK material of this species in BMNH .

Bambusaspis minuta (Takahashi, 1930)

Three Takahashi slides from an undetermined bamboo in HK, March 1940, are present in TARI (Shu-Pei Chen, pers. comm.) : the name on these slides is the original combination, Asterolecanium minutum . No HK material of this species in BMNH .

Bambusaspis / Asterolecanium undetermined sp. or spp.

Two HK samples in BMNH, from undetermined bamboos.