Diaspidiotus

Diaspidiotus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 90 described species in Diaspidiotus, found worldwide.^[1][2][3]

Diaspidiotus
Diaspidiotus liquidambaris, sweet gum scale, North Carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Diaspididae
Genus:	Diaspidiotus Berlese, 1896
Synonyms
Quadraspidiotus MacGillivray, 1921

Species

These species belong to the genus Diaspidiotus:^[3][4]

• Diaspidiotus acutus (Borchsenius, 1964)
• Diaspidiotus aesculi (Johnson, 1896) (Buckeye scale)
• Diaspidiotus aetnensis Nucifora, Watson & Mazzeo, 2020
• Diaspidiotus africanus (Marlatt, 1908) (grey scale)
• Diaspidiotus alni (Marchal, 1909)
• Diaspidiotus anatolicus (Bodenheimer, 1949)
• Diaspidiotus ancylus (Putnam, 1878) (Howard scale)
• Diaspidiotus armenicus (Borchsenius, 1935)
• Diaspidiotus arroyoi (Balachowsky, 1968)
• Diaspidiotus atlanticus (Ferris, 1942)
• Diaspidiotus baiati (Kaussari, 1958)
• Diaspidiotus bavaricus (Lindinger, 1912)
• Diaspidiotus botanicus (Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1927)
• Diaspidiotus braunschvigi (Rungs, 1937) (braunschvigi scale)
• Diaspidiotus bumeliae Ferris, 1938
• Diaspidiotus caryae Kosztarab, 1963 (Hicory Scale)
• Diaspidiotus caucasicus (Borchsenius, 1935)
• Diaspidiotus cecconii (Leonardi, 1908)
• Diaspidiotus centrafricanus (Balachowsky & Ferrero, 1967)
• Diaspidiotus coniferarum (Cockerell, 1898) (conifer scale)
• Diaspidiotus convexus Goux, 1951
• Diaspidiotus cotoneastri (Takagi, 1975)
• Diaspidiotus cryptoxanthus (Cockerell, 1900)
• Diaspidiotus cryptus (Ferris, 1953)
• Diaspidiotus crystallinus Ferris, 1938
• Diaspidiotus danzigae Kuznetsov, 1976
• Diaspidiotus degeneratus (Leonardi, 1896)
• Diaspidiotus distinctus (Leonardi, 1900)
• Diaspidiotus ehrhorni (Coleman, 1903) (Ehrhorn scale)
• Diaspidiotus elaeagni (Borchsenius, 1939)
• Diaspidiotus eurotiae (Bazarov, 1967)
• Diaspidiotus fabernii (Houser, 1918)
• Diaspidiotus farahbakhchi Kaussari, 1955
• Diaspidiotus forbesi (Johnson, 1896) (Forbes scale)
• Diaspidiotus fraxini (McKenzie, 1944)
• Diaspidiotus gigas (Thiem & Gerneck, 1934)
• Diaspidiotus hydrangeae Takagi, 1974
• Diaspidiotus inusitatus (Munting, 1969)
• Diaspidiotus iranicus Kaussari & Balachowsky, 1953
• Diaspidiotus jaapi (Leonardi, 1920)
• Diaspidiotus juglansregiae (Comstock, 1881) (English walnut scale)
• Diaspidiotus kafkai (Cockerell, 1898)
• Diaspidiotus kaussari Balachowsky, 1950
• Diaspidiotus kuwanai Takahashi, 1952
• Diaspidiotus labiatarum (Marchal, 1909)
• Diaspidiotus laperrinei (Balachowsky, 1929)
• Diaspidiotus laurinus (Lindinger, 1912)
• Diaspidiotus leguminosum (Archangelskaya, 1937)
• Diaspidiotus lenticularis (Lindinger, 1912)
• Diaspidiotus lepineyi (Balachowsky, 1950)
• Diaspidiotus liaoningensis (Tang, 1984)
• Diaspidiotus liquidambaris (Kotinsky, 1903) (sweet gum scale)
• Diaspidiotus mairei (Balachowsky, 1928)
• Diaspidiotus makii (Kuwana, 1932)
• Diaspidiotus malenconi (Rungs, 1936)
• Diaspidiotus maleti (Vayssière, 1920)
• Diaspidiotus marani (Zahradník, 1952)
• Diaspidiotus marginalis (Brain, 1919)
• Diaspidiotus maroccanus (Balachowsky, 1949)
• Diaspidiotus mccombi McKenzie, 1963 (McComb pine scale)
• Diaspidiotus mesembryanthemae (Brain, 1919)
• Diaspidiotus naracola Takagi, 1956
• Diaspidiotus nitrariae (Marchal, 1911)
• Diaspidiotus opertus (De Lotto, 1957)
• Diaspidiotus osborni (Newell & Cockerell, in: Osborn, 1898) (Osborn scale)
• Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843) (European fruit scale)
• Diaspidiotus paraphyses (Takagi, 1956)
• Diaspidiotus perieri (Goux, 1949)
• Diaspidiotus perniciabilus Wang & Zhang, 1994
• Diaspidiotus piceus (Sanders, 1904)
• Diaspidiotus platychaetae Takagi & Moghaddam, 2005
• Diaspidiotus prunorum (Laing, 1931)
• Diaspidiotus pseudocamelliae (Green, 1919)
• Diaspidiotus pyri (Lichtenstein, 1881)
• Diaspidiotus roseni Danzig, 2000
• Diaspidiotus salicis (Lupo, 1953)
• Diaspidiotus shastae (Coleman, 1903)
• Diaspidiotus simplex (Leonardi, 1914)
• Diaspidiotus slavonicus (Green, 1934)
• Diaspidiotus socialis (Hoke, 1927)
• Diaspidiotus sphaerocarpae (Balachowsky, 1934)
• Diaspidiotus spiraspinae Takagi, 1956
• Diaspidiotus sulci (Balachowsky, 1950)
• Diaspidiotus taxodii (Ferris, 1938) (bald cypress scale)
• Diaspidiotus ternstroemiae (Ferris, 1952)
• Diaspidiotus thymbrae (Koroneos, 1934)
• Diaspidiotus thymicola (Balachowsky, 1935)
• Diaspidiotus tillandsiae (Takagi & Tippins, 1972)
• Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt, 1908)
• Diaspidiotus turanicus (Borchsenius, 1935)
• Diaspidiotus uvae (Comstock, 1881) (grape scale)
• Diaspidiotus visci (Hall, 1931)
• Diaspidiotus viticola (Leonardi, 1913)
• Diaspidiotus wuenni (Lindinger, 1923)
• Diaspidiotus xinjiangensis Tang, 1984
• Diaspidiotus yomae (Munting, 1971)
• Diaspidiotus zonatus (Frauenfeld, 1868)