Diaspidina is a subtribe of armored scale insects. It occurs mostly in the Americas and Africa, with a few species in tropical Asia. In the Americas ''Pseudoparlatoria'' is the largest genus, with ''Diaspis'' second; in Africa ''Diaspis'' is the largest genus. The grouping identified by Balachowsky in 1954 as the subtribe Diaspidina, are now the tribe Diaspidini. Anderson found the Diaspidina grouping to constitute a

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

with core genera: ''Carulaspis'', ''Diaspis'' and ''Epidiaspis''. and one of three sister-clades in the Diaspidini, the other two being the Chionaspidina and the Fioriniina.

Genera

*'' Bantudiaspis'' Hall, 1941 *'' Carulaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 *'' Diaulacaspis'' Takahashi, 1942 included by Anderson in the Chionaspidina, and by Takagi in the Diaspidina. *'' Diaspidistis'' Hempel, 1900 *'' Diaspis'' Costa, 1835 *'' Epidiaspis'' Cockerell, 1902 *'' Eucleaspis'' Munting, 1968 *'' Geodiaspis'' Tippins & Howell, 1973 *'' Incisaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 *'' Leptodiaspis'' Takagi, 2011 *'' Malleolaspis'' Ferris, 1941 *'' Mancaspis'' Ferris, 1941 *'' Protargionia'' Leonardi, 1911 *'' Pseudodiaspis'' Cockerell, 1899 *'' Pseudoparlatoria'' Cockerell, 1892 *'' Situlaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 *'' Thysanofiorinia'' Balachowsky, 1954 included by Anderson in the Fioriniina, and by Takagi in the Diaspidina. *'' Umbaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 *'' Yunnanaspis'' Young, 1986

Former genera

*'' Alioides'' Brimblecombe, 1958 *'' Imerinaspis'' Mamet, 1954 *'' Parachionaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 *'' Pseudaulacaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 *'' Serrataspis'' Ferris, 1955 *'' Takahashiaspis'' Takagi, 1960

References

Diaspidini {{Diaspididae-stub

Genera

Former genera

See also

References