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Diaspididae
Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far more substantial than those of most other families, incorporating the exuviae from the first two nymph (biology), nymphal instars and sometimes faeces, faecal matter and fragments of the host plant. These can be complex and extremely waterproof structures rather resembling a suit of armor. For this reason these insects are commonly referred to as armored scale insects. As it is so robust and firmly attached to the host plant, the scale often persists long after the insect has died. Some African Diaspididae are attended by ants of genus ''Melissotarsus''. The ants appear to consume the armored scales because Diaspididae are completely naked when ant-attended; the ant nest itself remains completely hidden under the bark of the tree. Selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aonidomytilus Crookiae
''Aonidomytilus crookiae'' is a species of scale insect in the Family (biology), family Diaspididae which are often referred to as "armored scale insects."Kosztarab, M. 1963. The Armored Scale Insects of Ohio (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). ''Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey'' 2 (n.s.): 120 pp. It is commonly known as "St. John's Wort Scale."Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Aonidomytilus crookiae'' (Ferris, 1954), https://www.gbif-uat.org/species/110091227, accessed 15 Dec 2017. Originally named ''Nelaspis crookiae'' by Gordon Floyd Ferris in 1954,Ferris, G.F. 1954. New species of Diaspididae from Florida and the Caribbean Islands (Homoptera; Coccoidea). Contribution No. 88. ''Microentomology'' 19: 41-50. the taxon was moved to the genus ''Aonidomytilus'' in 1984Muse, B.J. Williams, M.L. 1984. Effects of temperature, host plant and aridity on taxonomic characters of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididae). ''Proceedings of the 10th International Symp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parlatoriini
Parlatoriini is a tribe in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. Takagi (2002) indicated that the Parlatoriini appear to be phylogenetically related to the ''Smilacicola'' and the Odonaspidini. Takagi went on to say about the tropical east Asian Parlatoriini that, ''The current classification of their genera may be largely tentative because the adult females are simple-featured and much modified owing to the pupillarial mode of life, and also because the second instar nymphs are generally similar among parlatoriines, whether the adult females are pupillarial or not.'' Andersen found that separating out pupillarial forms into a separate subtribe, Gymnaspidina, was counterproductive, as being non-dispositive. Molecular analysis has shown that the Parlatoriini as traditionally constituted is highly non-monophyletic and that the genera, and occasionally species, are interdigitated with the Aspidiotini. In 2019, Normark et al. published phylogenetic research on the family Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scale Insect
Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the superfamily Coccoidea due to taxonomic uncertainties. Adult females typically have soft bodies and no limbs, and are concealed underneath domed scales, extruding quantities of wax for protection. Some species are hermaphroditic, with a combined ovotestis instead of separate ovaries and testes. Males, in the species where they occur, have legs and sometimes wings, and resemble small flies. Scale insects are herbivores, piercing plant tissues with their mouthparts and remaining in one place, feeding on sap. The excess fluid they imbibe is secreted as Honeydew (secretion), honeydew on which sooty mold tends to grow. The insects often have a Mutualism (biology), mutualistic relationship with ants, which feed on the honeydew and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspidiotinae
Aspidiotinae is a large subfamily of armored scale insects, with approximately 169 genera. Tribes Aspidiotinae is made up of the following tribes: * Aonidiini Balachowsky (Old World, mostly Australasian and Oriental, 36 genera) * Aspidiotini Westwood (cosmopolitan, 88 genera) * Gymnaspidini Balachowsky (Neotropical, 3 genera) * Leucaspidini Atkinson (almost exclusively Old World, 11 genera) * Odonaspidini Ferris (mostly Oriental, 5 genera) * Parlatoriini Parlatoriini is a tribe in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. Takagi (2002) indicated that the Parlatoriini appear to be phylogenetically related to the ''Smilacicola'' and the Odonaspidini. Takagi went on to say about the tropical eas ... Leonardi (mostly Oriental, 25 genera) * Smilacicolini Takagi (Oriental, 1 genus) References Diaspididae Hemiptera subfamilies {{Diaspididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaspidinae
Diaspidinae is the largest subfamily of Diaspididae (the largest family of scale insect Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...s), with more than 200 genera in two tribes. *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) References Diaspididae Hemiptera subfamilies {{Diaspididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemiberlesia Lataniae
''Hemiberlesia lataniae'', the latania or palm scale, is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae. It was first described by the French entomologist Victor Antoine Signoret in 1869 using ''Latania lontaroides'', a species of palm tree endemic to Réunion as its host; since then, it has been found on avocado trees growing in South Africa, Australia, Israel, the United States, and on a range of other plants in many parts of the world. Description Scale insects have a domed, waxy covering which protects the soft-bodied insect below. Armored scales retain the exuviae (shed cuticles) from the first one or two nymphal stages, and sometimes faecal matter and fragments of the host plant, incorporating these into a hard, protective cover. The adult female palm scale has no wings or legs and is somewhat variable in appearance depending on where it is living; if feeding on leaves, the scale cover is circular and convex, and its colour tends to be greyish-white, while o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucaspidini
Leucaspidini is a tribe of armored scale insects. Genera These genera are members of the tribe Leucaspidini. * '' Anamefiorinia'' Leonardi 1906 * '' Gomezmenoraspis'' Balachowsky, Hendersonaspis & Normark, 2019 * '' Labidaspis'' Borchsenius & Williams 1963 * '' Leucaspis'' Targioni Tozzetti 1868 * '' Lopholeucaspis'' Balachowsky * '' Mongrovaspis'' Bodenheimer 1951 * '' Namaquea'' Munting 1969 * '' Salicicola'' Lindinger 1905 * '' Suturaspis'' Lindinger 1909 * '' Thysanaspis'' Ferris 1955 References External links * Aspidiotinae Hemiptera tribes {{Diaspididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odonaspidini
Odonaspidini is a tribe in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. Genera These five genera belong to the tribe Odonaspidini: * '' Batarasa'' Takagi, 2009 (Philippines, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...) * '' Circulaspis'' MacGillivray, 1921 (North America, south Asia) * '' Dicirculaspis'' Ben-Dov, 1988 (United States, Philippines) * '' Froggattiella'' Leonardi, 1900 (widespread) * '' Odonaspis'' Leonardi, 1897 (widespread) References Aspidiotinae Hemiptera tribes {{Diaspididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspidiotini
Aspidiotini is a tribe in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. They are found worldwide. Gallery Aonidiella aurantii - inat 252734084.jpg, ''Aonidiella aurantii'', California red scale, New Zealand Aspidiotus destructor - inat 317415455.jpg, ''Aspidiotus destructor'', coconut scale, Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ... Aspidiotus hedericola - inat 412999078.jpg, ''Aspidiotus hedericola'', Germany Aspidiotus murramarangensis - inat 337748929.jpg, ''Aspidiotus murramarangensis'', Australia Chrysomphalus aonidum - inat 439334638.jpg, ''Chrysomphalus aonidum'', Florida red scale, Spain Chrysomphalus dictyospermi - inat 329553368.jpg, ''Chrysomphalus dictyospermi'', Spain Chrysomphalus pinnulifer - inat 82083017.jpg, ''Chrysomphalus pinnulifer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quadraspidiotus Juglansregiae
''Diaspidiotus juglansregiae'', commonly known as the walnut scale, is a species of armoured scale insect in the family Diaspididae. It is native to North America where it feeds on a wide range of ornamental and forest trees and bushes. Description Adult and young females of this species are nearly circular, the insect being hidden under a tough flattish scale composed of the exuviae from the first two nymphal instars. There are small marginal notches between the prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax. The upper surface of the scale is pale grey with a reddish-brown spot, and the underside is yellowish. The adult female is about long while the nymphs are smaller. Male nymphs are similar, except that the scale is oval rather than round; after the last moult, the adult male emerges as a small, winged insects similar to a fly in appearance. Male nymphs sometimes burrow under the rim of a female scale forming a daisy-shaped group. Distribution and habitat ''Diaspidiotus juglansregiae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aonidiini
Aonidiini is a tribe of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far mo .... Genera The following genera are members of the tribe Aonidiini * '' Achorophora'' Brimblecombe, 1957 * '' Acontonidia'' Brimblecombe, 1957 * '' Agrophaspis'' Borchsenius & Williams, 1963 * '' Alioides'' Brimblecombe, 1958 * '' Anoplaspis'' Leonardi, 1898 * '' Aonidia'' Targioni Tozzetti, 1868 * '' Aspidonymus'' Brimblecombe, 1957 * '' Brimblecombia'' Normark, 2019 * '' Diaphoraspis'' Brimblecombe, 1957 * '' Diaspidopus'' Brimblecombe, 1959 * '' Diastolaspis'' Brimblecombe, 1959 * '' Dichosoma'' Brimblecombe, 1957 * '' Duplaspidiotus'' MacGillivray, 1921 * '' Eugreeniella'' Brimblecombe, 1958 * '' Eulaingia'' Brimblecombe, 1958 * '' Fernaldanna'' MacGillivray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissotarsus
''Melissotarsus'' is a rare African genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. They are known from the Afrotropics and Malagasy regions, where their nests are located in living wood, built by tunneling through the wood under the bark. They are rarely seen outside of their nests, which may contribute to their perceived rarity. However, they are considered pest insects because of damage they can cause to trees, including economically important ones such as mangos and trees in the family Burseraceae, including ''Aucoumea klaineana'', '' Dacryodes buettneri'', and ''Dacryodes edulis''. ''Melissotarsus'' live in association with armored scale insects, family Diaspididae. A study in Cameroon estimated that a single ''Dacryodes edulis ''Dacryodes edulis'' is a fruit tree in the family Burseraceae native to Africa. Its various regional names include safou (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola), messa, plum (Cameroon), atanga (Equatorial Guinea an ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
