Furcaspis

Furcaspis
Furcaspis proteae, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subfamily:
Genus:
Lindinger, 1908

Furcaspis is a genus in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae, the only genus in the subfamily Furcaspidinae. There are about 30 described species in Furcaspis.[1][2][3]

Species

These 30 species belong to the genus Furcaspis:[3]

  • Furcaspis aequatorialis Williams & Miller, 2006 (Ecuador)
  • Furcaspis andamanensis (Green, 1926) (Andaman Islands)
  • Furcaspis biformis (Cockerell, 1893) (widespread)
  • Furcaspis bromeliae Hempel, 1932 (Brazil)
  • Furcaspis capensis (Walker, 1852) (Africa)
  • Furcaspis charmoyi Brain, 1918 (Mauritius, South Africa)
  • Furcaspis cladii (Maskell, 1891) (Japan, Australia, Mauritius)
  • Furcaspis costulariae Hardy & Williams, 2018 (New Caledonia)
  • Furcaspis cyphokentiae (Williams & Miller, 2006) (New Caledonia)
  • Furcaspis dominicae Williams & Miller, 2006 (Dominica)
  • Furcaspis douglorum Okusu & Normark, 2014 (Panama)
  • Furcaspis exophthalma Williams & Miller, 2006 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Furcaspis glandulosa Williams & Miller, 2006 (Venezuela)
  • Furcaspis haematochroa Cockerell, 1919 (Philippines)
  • Furcaspis intercepta Williams & Miller, 2006 (Brazil)
  • Furcaspis matileae Williams & Miller, 2006 (New Caledonia)
  • Furcaspis mauritiana (Newstead, 1917) (Mauritius)
  • Furcaspis mexicana Williams & Miller, 2006 (Mexico)
  • Furcaspis oaxacae Williams & Miller, 2006 (Mexico)
  • Furcaspis oceanica Lindinger, 1909 (Pacific Islands)
  • Furcaspis palmaria Williams & Miller, 2006 (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico)
  • Furcaspis paxilliloba Williams & Miller, 2006 (Guatemala, Mexico)
  • Furcaspis peruviana Williams & Miller, 2006 (Peru)
  • Furcaspis plana Hempel, 1937 (Brazil)
  • Furcaspis proteae Brain, 1918 (South Africa)
  • Furcaspis rufa Lindinger, 1913 (Réunion)
  • Furcaspis scleroprymna Williams & Miller, 2006 (Puerto Rico)
  • Furcaspis sibuyanensis Williams & Miller, 2006 (Philippines))
  • Furcaspis taquarae (Fonseca, 1969) (Brazil)
  • Furcaspis tasmanica Williams & Miller, 2006 (Australia)

References

  1. ^ "GBIF, Furcaspis". Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  2. ^ Normark, Benjamin B.; Okusu, Akiko; Morse, Geoffrey E.; Peterson, Daniel A.; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny and classification of armored scale insects (Hemiptera:Coccomorpha: Diaspididae)". Zootaxa. 4616. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ a b 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.