Aspidiotinae

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Aspidiotinae
Aspidiotus nerii
oleander scale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subfamily: Aspidiotinae
Tribes

Aspidiotinae is a large subfamily of armored scale insects, with 193 genera.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Borkhsenius, N.S. (1966). A catalogue of the armoured scale insects (Diaspidoidea) of the world. Akademiia nauk SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut, Moscow.
  2. ^ Takagi, Sadao (2002). "One new subfamily and two new tribes of the Diaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea)". Insecta Matsumurana. 59: 55–100.