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Chrysomphalus

Chrysomphalus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are about 17 described species in Chrysomphalus.

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Chrysomphalus
Chrysomphalus pinnulifer, New Zealand
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subfamily: Aspidiotinae
Tribe: Aspidiotini
Subtribe: Aspidiotina
Genus: Chrysomphalus
Ashmead, 1880
Chrysomphalus dictyospermi, Spain source ↗

Chrysomphalus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are about 17 described species in Chrysomphalus.123

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Chrysomphalus:

  • Chrysomphalus aberrans Mamet, 1951
  • Chrysomphalus ansei (Green, 1916)
  • Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Egyptian black scale)
  • Chrysomphalus bifasciculatus Ferris, 1938 (bifasciculate scale)
  • Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889) (Dictyospermum scale)
  • Chrysomphalus diversicolor (Green, 1923)
  • Chrysomphalus fodiens (Maskell, 1892)
  • Chrysomphalus mume Tang, 1984
  • Chrysomphalus nepenthivorus Smith-Pardo, Evans & Dooley
  • Chrysomphalus nulliporus McKenzie, 1939
  • Chrysomphalus pinnulifer (Maskell, 1891)
  • Chrysomphalus propsimus Banks, 1906
  • Chrysomphalus prosimus Banks, 1906
  • Chrysomphalus rubribullatus (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Chrysomphalus silvestrii Chou, 1946
  • Chrysomphalus trifasciculatus Brimblecombe, 1959
  • Chrysomphalus variabilis McKenzie, 1943
References

References

  1. 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 2024-10-19.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Chrysomphalus Ashmead, 1880". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  3. "GBIF, Chrysomphalus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
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