Diaspis

Diaspis is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 50 described species in Diaspis.

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

Species

• Diaspis aequalis Munting, 1967
• Diaspis africana Lindinger, 1909
• Diaspis alba Fonseca, 1969
• Diaspis amantei Fonseca, 1973
• Diaspis antiquorum Green, 1922
• Diaspis australis Hempel, 1900
• Diaspis barrancorum Lindinger, 1911
• Diaspis bicolor Laing, 1932
• Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret, 1869
• Diaspis brevinatis Ferris, 1941
• Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner, 1778)
• Diaspis carissae Hall, 1928
• Diaspis carmanica Davatchi & Balachowsky, 1956
• Diaspis casuarinae Williams & Watson, 1988
• Diaspis chilensis Cockerell, 1895
• Diaspis coccois Lichtenstein, 1882
• 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)
• Diaspis elaeidis Munting, 1969
• Diaspis ferrisi McKenzie, 1947
• Diaspis fioriniae (Mesbah et al., 2001)
• Diaspis flava Hempel, 1919
• Diaspis fraxini Ferris, 1937
• Diaspis gilloglyi McKenzie, 1963
• Diaspis helveola Laing, 1932
• Diaspis hererina Munting, 1969
• Diaspis iodinae Boratynski, 1968
• Diaspis manzanitae (Whitney, 1913)
• 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
• Diaspis parva Lindinger, 1910
• Diaspis parvinatis Ferris, 1941
• Diaspis paulista Lepage, 1942
• Diaspis pelargonii Cockerell, 1892
• Diaspis portulacariae Williams, 1955
• Diaspis radicicola Ferris, 1937
• Diaspis refertinatis Ferris, 1941
• Diaspis santali Maskell, 1884
• Diaspis simmondsiae Ferris, 1921
• 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

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.