{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Diaspidiotus liquidambaris - inat 394212081.jpg | image_caption = ''Diaspidiotus liquidambaris'', sweet gum scale, North Carolina | taxon = Diaspidiotus | authority = Berlese, 1896 | synonyms = {{genus list | Quadraspidiotus | MacGillivray, 1921 }} }}

'''''Diaspidiotus''''' is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 90 described species in ''Diaspidiotus'', found worldwide.<ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=GarcíaMorales2019/>

==Species== These species belong to the genus ''Diaspidiotus'':<ref name=GarcíaMorales2019/><ref name=Normark2019/> {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * ''Diaspidiotus acutus'' <small>(Borchsenius, 1964)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus aesculi'' <small>(Johnson, 1896)</small> (Buckeye scale) * ''Diaspidiotus aetnensis'' <small>Nucifora, Watson & Mazzeo, 2020</small> * ''Diaspidiotus africanus'' <small>(Marlatt, 1908)</small> (grey scale) * ''Diaspidiotus alni'' <small>(Marchal, 1909)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus anatolicus'' <small>(Bodenheimer, 1949)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus ancylus'' <small>(Putnam, 1878)</small> (Howard scale) * ''Diaspidiotus armenicus'' <small>(Borchsenius, 1935)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus arroyoi'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1968)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus atlanticus'' <small>(Ferris, 1942)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus baiati'' <small>(Kaussari, 1958)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus bavaricus'' <small>(Lindinger, 1912)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus botanicus'' <small>(Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1927)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus braunschvigi'' <small>(Rungs, 1937)</small> (braunschvigi scale) * ''Diaspidiotus bumeliae'' <small>Ferris, 1938</small> * ''Diaspidiotus caryae'' <small>Kosztarab, 1963</small> (Hicory Scale) * ''Diaspidiotus caucasicus'' <small>(Borchsenius, 1935)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus cecconii'' <small>(Leonardi, 1908)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus centrafricanus'' <small>(Balachowsky & Ferrero, 1967)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus coniferarum'' <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small> (conifer scale) * ''Diaspidiotus convexus'' <small>Goux, 1951</small> * ''Diaspidiotus cotoneastri'' <small>(Takagi, 1975)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus cryptoxanthus'' <small>(Cockerell, 1900)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus cryptus'' <small>(Ferris, 1953)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus crystallinus'' <small>Ferris, 1938</small> * ''Diaspidiotus danzigae'' <small>Kuznetsov, 1976</small> * ''Diaspidiotus degeneratus'' <small>(Leonardi, 1896)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus distinctus'' <small>(Leonardi, 1900)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus ehrhorni'' <small>(Coleman, 1903)</small> (Ehrhorn scale) * ''Diaspidiotus elaeagni'' <small>(Borchsenius, 1939)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus eurotiae'' <small>(Bazarov, 1967)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus fabernii'' <small>(Houser, 1918)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus farahbakhchi'' <small>Kaussari, 1955</small> * ''Diaspidiotus forbesi'' <small>(Johnson, 1896)</small> (Forbes scale) * ''Diaspidiotus fraxini'' <small> (McKenzie, 1944)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus gigas'' <small> (Thiem & Gerneck, 1934)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus hydrangeae'' <small>Takagi, 1974</small> * ''Diaspidiotus inusitatus'' <small>(Munting, 1969)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus iranicus'' <small>Kaussari & Balachowsky, 1953</small> * ''Diaspidiotus jaapi'' <small>(Leonardi, 1920)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus juglansregiae'' <small>(Comstock, 1881)</small> (English walnut scale) * ''Diaspidiotus kafkai'' <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus kaussari'' <small>Balachowsky, 1950</small> * ''Diaspidiotus kuwanai'' <small>Takahashi, 1952</small> * ''Diaspidiotus labiatarum'' <small>(Marchal, 1909)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus laperrinei'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1929)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus laurinus'' <small>(Lindinger, 1912)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus leguminosum'' <small>(Archangelskaya, 1937)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus lenticularis'' <small>(Lindinger, 1912)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus lepineyi'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1950)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus liaoningensis'' <small>(Tang, 1984)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus liquidambaris'' <small>(Kotinsky, 1903)</small> (sweet gum scale) * ''Diaspidiotus mairei'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1928)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus makii'' <small>(Kuwana, 1932)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus malenconi'' <small>(Rungs, 1936)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus maleti'' <small>(Vayssière, 1920)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus marani'' <small>(Zahradník, 1952)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus marginalis'' <small>(Brain, 1919)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus maroccanus'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1949)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus mccombi'' <small>McKenzie, 1963</small> (McComb pine scale) * ''Diaspidiotus mesembryanthemae'' <small>(Brain, 1919)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus naracola'' <small>Takagi, 1956</small> * ''Diaspidiotus nitrariae'' <small>(Marchal, 1911)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus opertus'' <small>(De Lotto, 1957)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus osborni'' <small>(Newell & Cockerell, in: Osborn, 1898)</small> (Osborn scale) * ''Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis'' <small>(Curtis, 1843)</small> (European fruit scale) * ''Diaspidiotus paraphyses'' <small>(Takagi, 1956)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus perieri'' <small>(Goux, 1949)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus perniciabilus'' <small>Wang & Zhang, 1994</small> * ''Diaspidiotus piceus'' <small>(Sanders, 1904)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus platychaetae'' <small>Takagi & Moghaddam, 2005</small> * ''Diaspidiotus prunorum'' <small>(Laing, 1931)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus pseudocamelliae'' <small>(Green, 1919)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus pyri'' <small>(Lichtenstein, 1881)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus roseni'' <small>Danzig, 2000</small> * ''Diaspidiotus salicis'' <small>(Lupo, 1953)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus shastae'' <small>(Coleman, 1903)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus simplex'' <small>(Leonardi, 1914)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus slavonicus'' <small>(Green, 1934)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus socialis'' <small>(Hoke, 1927)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus sphaerocarpae'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1934)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus spiraspinae'' <small>Takagi, 1956</small> * ''Diaspidiotus sulci'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1950)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus taxodii'' <small>(Ferris, 1938)</small> (bald cypress scale) * ''Diaspidiotus ternstroemiae'' <small>(Ferris, 1952)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus thymbrae'' <small>(Koroneos, 1934)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus thymicola'' <small>(Balachowsky, 1935)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus tillandsiae'' <small>(Takagi & Tippins, 1972)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis'' <small>(Marlatt, 1908)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus turanicus'' <small>(Borchsenius, 1935)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus uvae'' <small>(Comstock, 1881)</small> (grape scale) * ''Diaspidiotus visci'' <small>(Hall, 1931)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus viticola'' <small>(Leonardi, 1913)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus wuenni'' <small>(Lindinger, 1923)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus xinjiangensis'' <small>Tang, 1984</small> * ''Diaspidiotus yomae'' <small>(Munting, 1971)</small> * ''Diaspidiotus zonatus'' <small>(Frauenfeld, 1868)</small> {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life, ''Diaspidiotus'' Berlese, 1896 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/62PDT | access-date=2024-10-18 }}</ref>

<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=GBIF, ''Diaspidiotus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2086987 | access-date=2024-10-18 }}</ref>

<ref name=GarcíaMorales2019> {{Cite web | title = ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics | year = 2019 | last1 = García Morales | first1 = M.| last2 = Denno | first2 = B. D.| last3 = Miller | first3 = D. R.| last4 = Miller | first4 = G. L. | last5 = Ben-Dov | first5 = Y| last6 = Hardy | first6 = N. B. | display-authors = 4 | doi = 10.1093/database/bav118| doi-access = free | url = http://scalenet.info/| access-date = 2019-10-24 }}</ref>

<ref name=Normark2019> {{Cite journal | title = Phylogeny and classification of armored scale insects (Hemiptera:Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) | year = 2019 | last1 = Normark | first1 = Benjamin B.| last2 = Okusu | first2 = Akiko| last3 = Morse | first3 = Geoffrey E.| last4 = Peterson | first4 = Daniel A. | last5 = Itioka | first5 = Takao| last6 = Schneider | first6 = Scott A. | display-authors = 4 | journal = Zootaxa| volume = 4616| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1| doi-access = free | url = https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4616.1.1| access-date = 2025-01-03 | url-access = subscription}}</ref> }}

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