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Chionaspidina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Hemiptera

Superfamily
  
Coccoidea

Higher classification
  
Diaspidini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Sternorrhyncha

Family
  
Diaspididae

Rank
  
Subtribe

Chionaspidina

Similar
  
Diaspididae, Scale insect, Insect

Chionaspidina is a subtribe of armored scale insects established by Borchenius. But unlike many of the subtribes recognized by Borchenius, this one was found to be morphologically valid by Takagi. Similarly, in molecular analysis, Andersen et al. found a clade roughly corresponding to the subtribe Chionaspidina.

Geographical sampling and analysis indicated a number of unnamed species in the genus Chionaspis and by inference in the Chionaspidina.

Genera

  • Afiorinia
  • Albastaspis
  • Amphisoma
  • Aulacaspis
  • Balachowskiella
  • Cameronaspis
  • Chionandaspis
  • Chionaspis
  • Cooleyaspis
  • Cupidaspis
  • Damaia
  • Diaulacaspis
  • Duplachionaspis
  • Duplaspis
  • Eudinaspis
  • Fijifiorinia
  • Greenaspis
  • Guineaspis
  • Guizhoaspis
  • Haliaspis
  • Hemaspidis
  • Hybridaspis
  • Inchoaspis
  • Kuchinaspis
  • Laingaspis
  • Larutaspis
  • Ledaspis
  • Lineaspis
  • Madagaspis
  • Magnospinus
  • Marchalaspis
  • Miscanthaspis
  • Myrtaspis
  • Narayanaspis
  • Neochionaspis
  • Neoquernaspis
  • Phenacaspis
  • Pinangaspis
  • Pinnaspis
  • Poliaspis
  • Proceraspis
  • Quernaspis
  • Semonggokia
  • Serrachionaspis
  • Shansiaspis
  • Sinoquernaspis
  • Tenuiaspis
  • Trichomytilus
  • Unaspis
  • References

    Chionaspidina Wikipedia