Morganella (insect)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subfamily: | Aspidiotinae |
| Tribe: | Aspidiotini |
| Genus: | Morganella Cockerell, 1897 |
Morganella is a genus of scale insects in the family Diaspididae. Morganella longispina is the type species.[1]
It is named for Albert C. F. Morgan, the entomologist who first described the type species in 1889 (as Aspidiotus longispina).
Species
[edit]- Morganella acaciae Munting, 1967
- Morganella barbatissima Takagi, 2007
- Morganella conspicua Brain, 1919
- Morganella cueroensis Cockerell, 1899
- Morganella longispina Morgan, 1889
- Morganella polyctena Takagi, 2003
- Morganella pseudospinigera Balachowsky, 1956
- Morganella spinigera Lindinger, 1909
Other species formerly Morganella
[edit]- Morganella vuilleti or Morganella vuilletti now Sudanaspis vuilleti Marchal, 1909[2]
Takagi has suggested that the other African species, M. acaciae, M. conspicua, M. pseudospinigera and M. spinigera, as well as the anomalous Morganella cueroensis, do not belong in Morganella.[3]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Takagi, Sadao (2007). "A revised concept of Morganella, with other forms (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. Series Entomology. New Series. 63: 51–65. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013.
External links
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Data related to Morganella (Diaspididae) at Wikispecies
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