Chrysomphalus

Chrysomphalus
Chrysomphalus pinnulifer, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Diaspididae
Subfamily:	Aspidiotinae
Tribe:	Aspidiotini
Subtribe:	Aspidiotina
Genus:	Chrysomphalus Ashmead, 1880

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi, Spain

Chrysomphalus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are about 17 described species in Chrysomphalus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Chrysomphalus:

• Chrysomphalus aberrans Mamet, 1951
• Chrysomphalus ansei (Green, 1916)
• Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Egyptian black scale)
• Chrysomphalus bifasciculatus Ferris, 1938 (bifasciculate scale)
• Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889) (Dictyospermum scale)
• Chrysomphalus diversicolor (Green, 1923)
• Chrysomphalus fodiens (Maskell, 1892)
• Chrysomphalus mume Tang, 1984
• Chrysomphalus nepenthivorus Smith-Pardo, Evans & Dooley
• Chrysomphalus nulliporus McKenzie, 1939
• Chrysomphalus pinnulifer (Maskell, 1891)
• Chrysomphalus propsimus Banks, 1906
• Chrysomphalus prosimus Banks, 1906
• Chrysomphalus rubribullatus (Froggatt, 1914)
• Chrysomphalus silvestrii Chou, 1946
• Chrysomphalus trifasciculatus Brimblecombe, 1959
• Chrysomphalus variabilis McKenzie, 1943

References

1. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi:10.1093/database/bav118. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Chrysomphalus Ashmead, 1880". Retrieved 2024-10-19.
3. "GBIF, Chrysomphalus". Retrieved 2024-10-19.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Chrysomphalus at iNaturalist