Diaspidinae

Diaspidinae is the largest subfamily of Diaspididae (the largest family of scale insects), with more than 200 genera in two tribes.^[1][2][3][4]

• Tribe Diaspidini
  • Subtribe Chionaspidina (cosmopolitan except South America, 48 genera)
  • Subtribe Diaspidina (cosmopolitan except Australasia, 13 genera)
  • Subtribe Fioriniina (almost exclusively Old World, 64 genera)
• Tribe Lepidosaphidini (cosmopolitan, 103 genera)

Diaspidinae
Aulacaspis yasumatsui the cycad aulacaspis scale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Diaspididae
Subfamily:	Diaspidinae
Tribes
Ancepaspidini Antakaspidini Diaspidini Lepidosaphidini