Diaspis

Diaspis
Diaspis echinocacti, prickly pear scale, New Mexico
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Diaspididae
Subtribe:	Diaspidina
Genus:	Diaspis Costa, 1828

Diaspis boisduvalii, boisduval scale, Australia

Diaspis manzanitae, Manzanita Scale, California

Diaspis is a genus in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. There are more than 50 described species in Diaspis. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 57 species belong to the genus Diaspis: ^[4]

• Diaspis aequalis Munting, 1967
• Diaspis africana Lindinger, 1909
• Diaspis alba Fonseca, 1969
• Diaspis amantei Fonseca, 1973
• Diaspis antiquorum Green, 1922
• Diaspis arundinariae (Tippins & Howell, 1973)
• Diaspis barrancorum Lindinger, 1911
• Diaspis bicolor Laing, 1932
• Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret, 1869 (boisduval scale)
• Diaspis brevinatis Ferris, 1941
• Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner, 1778) (pineapple scale)
• Diaspis carissae Hall, 1928
• Diaspis carmanica Davatchi & Balachowsky, 1956
• Diaspis casuarinae Williams & Watson, 1988
• Diaspis chilensis Cockerell, 1895
• Diaspis coccois Lichtenstein, 1882 (cocos scale)
• Diaspis colvei Penzig, 1887
• Diaspis conocarpi McKenzie, 1947
• Diaspis cuneata Vernalha et al., 1965
• Diaspis delottoi Munting, 1967
• Diaspis diacanthi Rungs, 1942
• Diaspis digna Hoke, 1928
• Diaspis diospyri Ferris, 1937
• Diaspis echinocacti (Bouché, 1833) (prickly pear scale)
• Diaspis elaeidis Munting, 1969
• Diaspis ferrisi McKenzie, 1947
• Diaspis flava Hempel, 1919
• Diaspis fraxini Ferris, 1937
• Diaspis gilloglyi McKenzie, 1963 (Gillogly scale)
• Diaspis helveola Laing, 1932
• Diaspis hererina Munting, 1969
• Diaspis iodinae Boratynski, 1968
• Diaspis maculata Diaspis maculata (Cockerell, 1898)
• Diaspis manzanitae (Whitney, 1913) (manzanita scale)
• Diaspis mihiriya Green, 1922
• Diaspis minensis Hempel, 1918
• Diaspis miranda (Cockerell, 1898)
• Diaspis muntingii Fonseca, 1973
• Diaspis myristicae (Rutherford, 1914)
• Diaspis obliqua Costa, 1829
• Diaspis parasiti McKenzie, 1947 (mistletoe scale)
• Diaspis parva Lindinger, 1910
• Diaspis parvinatis Ferris, 1941
• Diaspis paulista Lepage, 1942
• Diaspis pelargonii Cockerell, 1892
• Diaspis portulacariae Williams, 1955
• Diaspis quercus Moghaddam, 2021
• Diaspis radicicola Ferris, 1937
• Diaspis refertinatis Ferris, 1941
• Diaspis simmondsiae Ferris, 1921 (jojoba scale)
• Diaspis stilosa Lindinger, 1909
• Diaspis subregularis Hall, 1929
• Diaspis syriaca Lindinger, 1912
• Diaspis texensis (Cockerell, 1896)
• Diaspis toumeyi Cockerell, 1895
• Diaspis townsendi Cockerell, 1899
• Diaspis uniglandulosa Balachowsky & Ferrero, 1967

References

1. "GBIF, Diaspis" . Retrieved 2025-01-25.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Diaspis Costa, 1828" . Retrieved 2025-01-25.
3. Normark, Benjamin B.; Okusu, Akiko; Morse, Geoffrey E.; Peterson, Daniel A.; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny and classification of armored scale insects (Hemiptera:Coccomorpha: Diaspididae)" . Zootaxa. 4616. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1 . Retrieved 2025-01-03.
4. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi: 10.1093/database/bav118 . Retrieved 2024-10-19.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Diaspis at iNaturalist