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Aspidiotus

Aspidiotus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 100 described species in Aspidiotus.

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Aspidiotus
Aspidiotus hedericola, Greece
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subtribe: Aspidiotina
Genus: Aspidiotus
Bouché, 1833
Synonyms1
  • Aspidiotes Bouché, 1844
  • Diaspites Pampaloni, 1902
  • Evaspidiotus Leonardi, 1898
Aspidiotus nerii, Greece source ↗

Aspidiotus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 100 described species in Aspidiotus.234

Species

These species belong to the genus Aspidiotus:2

  • Aspidiotus abietoides
  • Aspidiotus aldabricus
  • Aspidiotus anningensis Tang & Chu, 1983 (Cryptomeria Scale)
  • Aspidiotus arrawatta Normark, Normark and Gullan, 2022
  • Aspidiotus artus Munting, 19715
  • Aspidiotus atomarius (Hall, 1946)
  • Aspidiotus atripileus Munting, 1971
  • Aspidiotus badius (Brain, 1919)
  • Aspidiotus beilschmiediae Takagi, 196967
  • Aspidiotus biafrae (Lindinger, 1909)
  • Aspidiotus bornmuelleri Lindinger, 1911
  • Aspidiotus brachystegiae Hall, 1928
  • Aspidiotus capensis Newstead, 1917
  • Aspidiotus capsulatus
  • Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch, 1857
  • Aspidiotus chaetachmeae (Brain, 1919)
  • Aspidiotus chamaeropsis Signoret, 1869
  • Aspidiotus chinensis Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931
  • Aspidiotus circularis Fitch, 1857
  • Aspidiotus cochereaui Matile-Ferrero & Balachowsky, 1973
  • Aspidiotus combreti Hall, 1928
  • Aspidiotus commelinae
  • Aspidiotus comorensis Mamet, 1960
  • Aspidiotus comperei Marlatt, 1908
  • Aspidiotus congolensis Balachowsky, 1956
  • Aspidiotus corticalis
  • Aspidiotus coryphae Cockerell & Robinson, 1915 (corypha scale)
  • Aspidiotus crenulatus (Pampaloni, 1902)
  • Aspidiotus cryptomeriae Kuwana, 1902 (Cryptomeria Scale)
  • Aspidiotus cymbidii Bouche, 1844
  • Aspidiotus dallonii Balachowsky, 1932
  • Aspidiotus destructor Signoret, 18698 (coconut scale)
  • Aspidiotus duplex (Cockerell, 1896)
  • Aspidiotus elaeidis Marchal, 1909
  • Aspidiotus excisus Green, 1896 (cyanotis scale)
  • Aspidiotus flavus
  • Aspidiotus fularum Balachowsky, 1956
  • Aspidiotus furcillae Brain, 1918
  • Aspidiotus furcraeicola Lindinger, 1910
  • Aspidiotus gymnosporiae Lindinger, 1911
  • Aspidiotus hedericola Leonardi, 1920
  • Aspidiotus hoyae Takagi, 1969
  • Aspidiotus hybridum
  • Aspidiotus japonicus (Takagi, 1957)
  • Aspidiotus juglandis Colvee, 1881
  • Aspidiotus kamberra Normark, Normark and Gullan, 2022
  • Aspidiotus kellyi Brain, 1918
  • Aspidiotus kennedyae (Boisduval, 1867)
  • Aspidiotus laticornis (Balachowsky, 1949)
  • Aspidiotus lectularis
  • Aspidiotus ligusticus Leonardi, 1918
  • Aspidiotus macfarlanei Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Aspidiotus maddisoni Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Aspidiotus madecassus Mamet, 1954
  • Aspidiotus maderensis Lindinger, 1912
  • Aspidiotus marisci Tippins & Beshear, 1971
  • Aspidiotus mespili
  • Aspidiotus minutus Cockerell, 1892
  • Aspidiotus moreirai Hempel, 1904
  • Aspidiotus mousavii Moghaddam, 2018
  • Aspidiotus msolonus Hall, 1929
  • Aspidiotus murramarangensis Normark, Normark and Gullan, 2022
  • Aspidiotus musae Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Aspidiotus myoporii Lidgett, 1898
  • Aspidiotus myrthi Bouche, 1851
  • Aspidiotus mytiliformis
  • Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1833 (Oleander scale)
  • Aspidiotus niger Signoret, 1869
  • Aspidiotus ophiopogonus Kuwana, 1932
  • Aspidiotus pacificus Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Aspidiotus palmarum Bouche, 1834
  • Aspidiotus pandani (Boisduval, 1868)
  • Aspidiotus paolii Balachowsky, 1956
  • Aspidiotus philippinensis Velasquez, 1971 (Pandan scale)
  • Aspidiotus phormii Signoret, 1869
  • Aspidiotus populi Baerensprung, 1849
  • Aspidiotus pothos Takagi, 1969
  • Aspidiotus putearius Green, 1896
  • Aspidiotus queenslandicus Brimblecombe, 1959
  • Aspidiotus remaudierei Balachowsky, 1956
  • Aspidiotus rhododendri
  • Aspidiotus rhusae (Brain, 1919)
  • Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne, 1947
  • Aspidiotus riverae Cockerell, 1905
  • Aspidiotus robiniae
  • Aspidiotus ruandensis Balachowsky, 1955
  • Aspidiotus saliceti Bouche, 1851
  • Aspidiotus sclerosus (Munting, 1969)
  • Aspidiotus selangorensis Hall & Williams, 1962
  • Aspidiotus serratus Froggatt, 1914
  • Aspidiotus simmondsi
  • Aspidiotus simulans De Lotto, 1957
  • Aspidiotus sinensis (Ferris, 1952)
  • Aspidiotus spurcatus Signoret, 1869
  • Aspidiotus suvaensis
  • Aspidiotus symplocos Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1930
  • Aspidiotus tafiranus Lindinger, 1912
  • Aspidiotus tangfangtehi Ben-Dov in: Ben-Dov & German, 2003
  • Aspidiotus taraxacus (Tang, 1984)
  • Aspidiotus targionii Del Guercio, 1894
  • Aspidiotus taverdeti Balachowsky, 1956
  • Aspidiotus tiliae Bouche, 1851
  • Aspidiotus tridentifer Ferris, 1941
  • Aspidiotus tripinnatus
  • Aspidiotus undulatus Lindinger, 1909
  • Aspidiotus varians Lindinger, 1910
  • Aspidiotus vernoniae Hall, 1929
  • Aspidiotus watanabei Takagi, 1969
  • Aspidiotus zizyphi Hall, 1929
References

References

  1. "ITIS report, Aspidiotus". Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. (2016). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". Database. doi:10.1093/database/bav118. PMC 4747323. PMID 26861659. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  3. "GBIF, Aspidiotus". Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. "Catalogue of Life, Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833". Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. Munting, J. (1971). "Notes on the genus Aspidiotus Bouché (Homoptera: Diaspididae)". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 34 (2): 305–317.
  6. Tachikawa, T. (1973). "Discovery of Aspidiotus beilschmiediae Takagi (Homoptera: Diaspididae) from Japan and its Aphelinid parasite (Hymenoptera)". Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society. 11 (4): 137.
  7. Takagi, Sadao (1969). "Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Part I." (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 32 (1): 1–110.
  8. Kessing, Jayma L. Martin; Mau, Ronald F.L. & Diez, J. M. (April 2007). "Aspidiotus destructor (Signoret)". Honolulu, Hawaii: EXTension ENTOmology & UH-CTAHR Integrated Pest Management Program, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007.
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