Semelaspidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Diaspididae
Genus: Semelaspidus
Species: S. ambalangoda – S. artocarpi – S. mangiferae – S. multiporus – S. theobromae

Name

Semelaspidus MacGillivray, 1921: 393

Type species: Aspidiotus cistuloides Green, original designation; accepted valid name.

Synonyms

• Partargionia MacGillivray, 1921: 394. Type Species: Aspidiotus artocarpi Green, monotypy and original designation; junior synonym Lindinger, 1937: 192.
• Protargionia Ferris, 1937c: 52. ; junior synonym Borchsenius, 1966: 235.

References

• MacGillivray, A.D. 1921: The Coccidae. Tables for the Identification of the Subfamilies and Some of the More Important Genera and Species, together with Discussions ... Scarab, Urbana, Ill., 502 pp.
• Ben-Dov, Y. German, V. 2003: A Systematic Catalogue of the Diaspididae (Armoured Scale Insects) of the World, Subfamilies Aspidiotinae, Comstockiellinae and Odonaspidinae. Intercept, Andover, Hants, U.K., 1112 pp.
• Jiufeng Wei & Jinian Feng 2010: One New Species of Semelaspidus MacGillivray (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotinae) with a Key to the Genus. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 136(3 & 4): 307–310. DOI: 10.3157/061.136.0315

Vernacular names

English: Armoured scale insects