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Diaspididae  Maskell, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109198

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): armoured scales [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderParaneoptera   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Handlirsch, 1903 – coccids, mealybugs, scales  
                                        FamilyDiaspididae Maskell, 1878 – armoured scales  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusAbgrallaspis   
                                           GenusAndaspis Macgillivray, 1921  
                                           GenusAonidiella Berlese and Leonardi, 1895  
                                           GenusAspidiella   
                                           GenusAspidiotus Bouche, 1833  
                                           GenusAulacaspis Cockerell, 1893  
                                           GenusCarulaspis   
                                           GenusChionaspis   
                                           GenusChortinaspis   
                                           GenusChrysomphalus Ashmead, 1880  
                                           GenusClavaspis   
                                           GenusDiaspis Costa, 1828  
                                           GenusDuplaspidiotus Macgillivray, 1921  
                                           GenusFiorinia Targioni-tozzetti, 1868  
                                           GenusFurcaspis Lindinger, 1908  
                                           GenusFurchadaspis   
                                           GenusGenaparlatoria Macgillivray, 1921  
                                           GenusGymnaspis   
                                           GenusHemiberlesia Leonardi, 1897  
                                           GenusHowardia Berlese and Leonardi, 1896  
                                           GenusIschnaspis Douglas, 1887  
                                           GenusKuwanaspis Macgillivray, 1921  
                                           GenusLepidosaphes Shimer, 1868  
                                           GenusLindingaspis Macgillivray, 1921  
                                           GenusLopholeucaspis   
                                           GenusMelanaspis Cockerell, 1897  
                                           GenusMorganella   
                                           GenusNeopinnaspis   
                                           GenusOceanaspidiotus   
                                           GenusOdonaspis Leonardi, 1897  
                                           GenusParlatoria Targioni-tozzetti, 1869  
                                           GenusPinnaspis Cockerell, 1892  
                                           GenusPseudaulacaspis   
                                           GenusPseudischnaspis Macgillivray, 1921  
                                           GenusRadionaspis   
                                           GenusThysanofiorinia   
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Diaspididae, armoured scales [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McGavin, George C.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bugs of the World   
  Page(s): 192   
  Publisher: Facts on File   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8160-2737-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Diaspididae   
       

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