Chionaspidina | |
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Aulacaspis yasumatsui the cycad aulacaspis scale | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Diaspididae |
Tribe: | Diaspidini |
Subtribe: | Chionaspidina Brues & Melander |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Chionaspidina is a subtribe of armored scale insects established by Borchenius. [2] But unlike many of the subtribes recognized by Borchenius, this one was found to be morphologically valid by Takagi. [3] [4] Similarly, in molecular analysis, Andersen et al. found a clade roughly corresponding to the subtribe Chionaspidina. [5]
Geographical sampling and analysis indicated a number of unnamed species in the genus Chionaspis and by inference in the Chionaspidina. [6]
The following genera are members of the subtribe Chionaspidina. [1] [7]