Lepidosaphes

Lepidosaphes
Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell scale) on tree — an introduced pest insect. At Rock Corral Campground in Milford, Utah, the Western United States
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subtribe: Lepidosaphidina
Genus:
Shimer, 1868
Synonyms[1]
  • Triaspis

Lepidosaphes is a genus of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 190 described species in Lepidosaphes, found worldwide.[2][3][4]

Species

These 191 species belong to the genus Lepidosaphes:[3][4]

  • Lepidosaphes abdominalis Takagi, 1960
  • Lepidosaphes aberrans Lindinger, 1909
  • Lepidosaphes abietis (Signoret, 1870)
  • Lepidosaphes afganensis Borchsenius, 1962
  • Lepidosaphes agalegae (Mamet, 1974)
  • Lepidosaphes alnicola (Borchsenius, 1978)
  • Lepidosaphes ambigua Rutherford, 1914
  • Lepidosaphes antakaranae Mamet, 1959
  • Lepidosaphes antidesmae (Rao, 1952)
  • Lepidosaphes araucariae Beardsley, 1965
  • Lepidosaphes arcana (Matile-Ferrero, 1988)
  • Lepidosaphes australis Borchsenius, 1966
  • Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869) (Machilus oystershell)
  • Lepidosaphes belutchistana Balachowsky, 1954
  • Lepidosaphes betulae (Borchsenius, 1967)
  • Lepidosaphes boguschi McDaniel, 1972
  • Lepidosaphes buzenensis (Kuwana, 1909)
  • Lepidosaphes camelliae Hoke, 1921 (camellia parlatoria scale)
  • Lepidosaphes carolinensis Beardsley, 1966
  • Lepidosaphes cassiniae (Green, 1905)
  • Lepidosaphes casuarinae (Maskell, 1893)
  • Lepidosaphes celtis Kuwana, 1925
  • Lepidosaphes ceodes Kawai, 1972
  • Lepidosaphes chamaecyparidis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
  • Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin, 1925 (Chinese lepidosaphes scale)
  • Lepidosaphes chitinosus Lindinger, 1909
  • Lepidosaphes citricola (Young & Hu, 1981)
  • Lepidosaphes citrina (Borchsenius, 1964) (Indian citrus scale)
  • Lepidosaphes cocculi (Green, 1896) (cocculus scale)
  • Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790) (Mediterranean fig scale)
  • Lepidosaphes conocarpi (Takagi, 2003)
  • Lepidosaphes contorta Laing, 1929
  • Lepidosaphes coreana (Borchsenius, 1962)
  • Lepidosaphes corni Takahashi, 1957
  • Lepidosaphes cornuta Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1937 (betelvine scale insect)
  • Lepidosaphes corrugata Green, 1904
  • Lepidosaphes cortrioides (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Lepidosaphes crassa (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Lepidosaphes crataegicola Savescu, 1985
  • Lepidosaphes crawi (Cockerell, 1896)
  • Lepidosaphes crudiae Lindinger, 1909
  • Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius, 1958
  • Lepidosaphes cycadicola Kuwana, 1931
  • Lepidosaphes daphniphylli (Borchsenius, 1978)
  • Lepidosaphes defecta (Maskell, 1897)
  • Lepidosaphes diaspidiformis Malenotti, 1916
  • Lepidosaphes dorsalis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
  • Lepidosaphes duponti Green, 1916 (Dupont scale)
  • Lepidosaphes elmerrilleae Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes erythrinae Rutherford, 1914
  • Lepidosaphes esakii Takahashi, 1939 (Dupont scale)
  • Lepidosaphes eucalypti (Froggatt, 1914) (eucalyptus mussel scale)
  • Lepidosaphes europae Mamet, 1956
  • Lepidosaphes euryae (Kuwana, 1902)
  • Lepidosaphes eurychlidonis Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi, 1931
  • Lepidosaphes flava (Signoret, 1870) (De Stefan scale)
  • Lepidosaphes froggatti Laing, 1929
  • Lepidosaphes fulleri Fernald, 1903
  • Lepidosaphes garambiensis Takahashi, 1933
  • Lepidosaphes garciniae (Young & Hu, 1981)
  • Lepidosaphes geniostomae Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes giffardi (Adachi & Fullaway, 1953)
  • Lepidosaphes glaucae Takahashi, 1932
  • Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869) (Glover scale)
  • Lepidosaphes granati Koroneos, 1934 (dzhid comma armored scale)
  • Lepidosaphes grisea (Maskell, 1890)
  • Lepidosaphes huangyangensis (Young & Hu, 1981)
  • Lepidosaphes huyoung Normark, 2019
  • Lepidosaphes incisor Green, 1916
  • Lepidosaphes indica (Borchsenius, 1967)
  • Lepidosaphes ixorae Cockerell & Robinson, 1915 (santan scale)
  • Lepidosaphes janguai Balachowsky, 1954
  • Lepidosaphes japonica (Kuwana, 1902) (Kusamaki scale)
  • Lepidosaphes jingdongensis (Young & Hu, 1981)
  • Lepidosaphes juniperi Lindinger, 1912 (juniper comma scale)
  • Lepidosaphes junipericola (Tang, 1986)
  • Lepidosaphes kamakurensis Kuwana, 1925
  • Lepidosaphes kamerunensis Lindinger, 1909
  • Lepidosaphes karkarica Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes kashicola Takahashi, 1957
  • Lepidosaphes kazimiae (Williams, 1963)
  • Lepidosaphes keteleeriae Ferris, 1953
  • Lepidosaphes kuwacola Kuwana, 1925
  • Lepidosaphes lactea (Maskell, 1895)
  • Lepidosaphes lasianthi (Green, 1900)
  • Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green, 1925
  • Lepidosaphes laurentina (Almeida, 1971)
  • Lepidosaphes leei Takagi, 1970
  • Lepidosaphes lidgetti (Cockerell, 1899)
  • Lepidosaphes lithocarpi Takahashi, 1934
  • Lepidosaphes lithocarpicola (Tang, 1986)
  • Lepidosaphes lobulata (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Lepidosaphes luzonica Robinson, 1917 (Luzon scale)
  • Lepidosaphes maai (Williams & Watson, 1988)
  • Lepidosaphes macadamiae Williams, 1973
  • Lepidosaphes macella Williams, 1973
  • Lepidosaphes mackieana McKenzie, 1943
  • Lepidosaphes madagascariensis (Mamet, 1950)
  • Lepidosaphes malicola Borchsenius, 1947 (Armenian comma hard scale)
  • Lepidosaphes marginalis Leonardi, 1914
  • Lepidosaphes marginata Ferris, 1935
  • Lepidosaphes mcgregori Banks, 1906 (McGregor scale)
  • Lepidosaphes melaleucae (Maskell, 1896)
  • Lepidosaphes meliae (Tang, 1986)
  • Lepidosaphes meridionalis Lindinger, 1909
  • Lepidosaphes mexicana (Cockerell, 1898)
  • Lepidosaphes micronesiensis Takahashi, 1942
  • Lepidosaphes micropori (Borchsenius, 1958)
  • Lepidosaphes morafenobensis Mamet, 1959
  • Lepidosaphes mulgae (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Lepidosaphes multipora (Leonardi, 1903)
  • Lepidosaphes newsteadi (Šulc, 1895) (Newstead scale)
  • Lepidosaphes nivalis Takagi, 1970
  • Lepidosaphes novozealandica Green, 1929
  • Lepidosaphes noxia McKenzie, 1946 (noxius scale)
  • Lepidosaphes ocellata (Green, 1907)
  • Lepidosaphes ogasawarensis Kawai, 1972
  • Lepidosaphes okitsuensis Kuwana, 1925 (Japanese silver fir scale)
  • Lepidosaphes olivina Leonardi, 1913
  • Lepidosaphes orsomi Mamet, 1954
  • Lepidosaphes palauensis Beardsley, 1966
  • Lepidosaphes pallens (Maskell, 1890)
  • Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell, 1895) (Maskell scale)
  • Lepidosaphes pallidula (Williams, 1969) (Maskell scale)
  • Lepidosaphes pandani Laing, 1929
  • Lepidosaphes pauliani Mamet, 1959
  • Lepidosaphes perlonga (Cockerell, 1898)
  • Lepidosaphes piceae (Tang, 1986)
  • Lepidosaphes pinea (Borchsenius, 1964)
  • Lepidosaphes pineti Borchsenius, 1958
  • Lepidosaphes pini (Maskell, 1897) (Oriental pine scale)
  • Lepidosaphes pinicolous Chen, 1937
  • Lepidosaphes pinifolii (Borchsenius, 1964)
  • Lepidosaphes piniphila Borchsenius, 1958
  • Lepidosaphes piniroxburghii Takagi, 1975
  • Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Bouché, 1851) (Machilus oystershell)
  • Lepidosaphes piperis (Green, 1908)
  • Lepidosaphes pistaciae Archangelskaya, 1930 (yellow pistachio scale)
  • Lepidosaphes pitsikahitrae Mamet, 1959
  • Lepidosaphes pitysophila (Takagi, 1970)
  • Lepidosaphes pometiae Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes pseudogloverii (Borchsenius, 1964) (pseudo-rodshaped scale)
  • Lepidosaphes pseudomachili (Borchsenius, 1964)
  • Lepidosaphes pseudotsugae Takahashi, 1957
  • Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929
  • Lepidosaphes pyrorum Tang, 1977
  • Lepidosaphes quercicola (Borchsenius, 1967)
  • Lepidosaphes recurrens (Takagi & Kawai, 1966)
  • Lepidosaphes recurvata (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Lepidosaphes rubrovittata Cockerell, 1905 (guava scale)
  • Lepidosaphes salicina Borchsenius, 1958 (far eastern oystershell scale)
  • Lepidosaphes schimae Kawai, 1972
  • Lepidosaphes sciadopitysi McKenzie, 1955 (umbrella pine lepidosaphes)
  • Lepidosaphes securicula Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes serrifrons (Leonardi, 1898)
  • Lepidosaphes serrulata (Ganguli, 1957)
  • Lepidosaphes shanxiensis Shi, 1990
  • Lepidosaphes shikohabadensis Dutta, 1990
  • Lepidosaphes similis Beardsley, 1975
  • Lepidosaphes smilacis Takagi, 1960
  • Lepidosaphes somalensis Malenotti, 1916
  • Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899)
  • Lepidosaphes stepta Williams & Watson, 1988
  • Lepidosaphes subnivea Laing, 1929
  • Lepidosaphes subspiculifera (Froggatt, 1914)
  • Lepidosaphes szetchwanensis (Borchsenius, 1978)
  • Lepidosaphes takahashii (Borchsenius, 1964) (Takahashi comma scale)
  • Lepidosaphes takaoensis Takahashi, 1935
  • Lepidosaphes tangi Tang, 1986
  • Lepidosaphes tapiae Mamet, 1959
  • Lepidosaphes tapleyi Williams, 1960 (guava long scale)
  • Lepidosaphes tenuior Lindinger, 1909
  • Lepidosaphes tokionis (Kuwana, 1902) (Croton Mussel Scale)
  • Lepidosaphes towadensis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
  • Lepidosaphes tritubulata Borchsenius, 1958
  • Lepidosaphes tsugaedumosae Takagi, 1977
  • Lepidosaphes tubulorum Ferris, 1921 (dark oystershell scale)
  • Lepidosaphes turanica Archangelskaya, 1937 (dzhid comma armored scale)
  • Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean fig scale)
  • Lepidosaphes ungulata Green, 1905
  • Lepidosaphes unicolor Banks, 1906 (buko scale)
  • Lepidosaphes ussuriensis (Borchsenius, 1962) (dark oystershell scale)
  • Lepidosaphes vermiculus Mamet, 1937 (elongate coconut scale)
  • Lepidosaphes viticis (Takagi, 1970)
  • Lepidosaphes xishuanbannae (Young & Hu, 1981)
  • Lepidosaphes yamahoi Takahashi, 1935
  • Lepidosaphes yanagicola Kuwana, 1925 (Euonymus Alatus scale)
  • Lepidosaphes yoshimotoi Takagi, 1970
  • Lepidosaphes yuanfeng Yuan & Feng, 2007
  • Lepidosaphes zelkovae Takagi & Kawai, 1966

References

  1. ^ "ITIS report, Lepidosaphes". Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Lepidosaphes Shimer, 1868". Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  3. ^ a b García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. (2016). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". Database. doi:10.1093/database/bav118. PMID 26861659. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  4. ^ a b 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 (1): zootaxa.4616.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1. PMID 31716328. Retrieved 2025-01-03.