Furcaspis

Furcaspis
Furcaspis proteae, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Diaspididae
Subfamily:	Furcaspidinae
Genus:	Furcaspis Lindinger, 1908

Furcaspis is a genus in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae, the only genus in the subfamily Furcaspidinae. There are about 30 described species in Furcaspis. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Furcaspis: ^[3]

• Furcaspis aequatorialis Williams & Miller, 2006 (Ecuador)
• Furcaspis andamanensis (Green, 1926) (Andaman Islands)
• Furcaspis biformis (Cockerell, 1893) (widespread)
• Furcaspis bromeliae Hempel, 1932 (Brazil)
• Furcaspis capensis (Walker, 1852) (Africa)
• Furcaspis charmoyi Brain, 1918 (Mauritius, South Africa)
• Furcaspis cladii (Maskell, 1891) (Japan, Australia, Mauritius)
• Furcaspis costulariae Hardy & Williams, 2018 (New Caledonia)
• Furcaspis cyphokentiae (Williams & Miller, 2006) (New Caledonia)
• Furcaspis dominicae Williams & Miller, 2006 (Dominica)
• Furcaspis douglorum Okusu & Normark, 2014 (Panama)
• Furcaspis exophthalma Williams & Miller, 2006 (Papua New Guinea)
• Furcaspis glandulosa Williams & Miller, 2006 (Venezuela)
• Furcaspis haematochroa Cockerell, 1919 (Philippines)
• Furcaspis intercepta Williams & Miller, 2006 (Brazil)
• Furcaspis matileae Williams & Miller, 2006 (New Caledonia)
• Furcaspis mauritiana (Newstead, 1917) (Mauritius)
• Furcaspis mexicana Williams & Miller, 2006 (Mexico)
• Furcaspis oaxacae Williams & Miller, 2006 (Mexico)
• Furcaspis oceanica Lindinger, 1909 (Pacific Islands)
• Furcaspis palmaria Williams & Miller, 2006 (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico)
• Furcaspis paxilliloba Williams & Miller, 2006 (Guatemala, Mexico)
• Furcaspis peruviana Williams & Miller, 2006 (Peru)
• Furcaspis plana Hempel, 1937 (Brazil)
• Furcaspis proteae Brain, 1918 (South Africa)
• Furcaspis rufa Lindinger, 1913 (Réunion)
• Furcaspis scleroprymna Williams & Miller, 2006 (Puerto Rico)
• Furcaspis sibuyanensis Williams & Miller, 2006 (Philippines))
• Furcaspis taquarae (Fonseca, 1969) (Brazil)
• Furcaspis tasmanica Williams & Miller, 2006 (Australia)

References

1. "GBIF, Furcaspis" . Retrieved 2025-01-24.
2. 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.
3. 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 Furcaspis at iNaturalist