{{short description|Genus of scale insects}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Furcaspis proteae - inat 81362230.jpg | image_caption = ''Furcaspis proteae'', South Africa | taxon = Furcaspis | authority = 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''.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=Normark2019/><ref name=GarcíaMorales/>
==Species== These 30 species belong to the genus ''Furcaspis'':<ref name=GarcíaMorales/> * ''Furcaspis aequatorialis'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Ecuador) * ''Furcaspis andamanensis'' <small>(Green, 1926)</small> (Andaman Islands) * ''Furcaspis biformis'' <small>(Cockerell, 1893)</small> (widespread) * ''Furcaspis bromeliae'' <small>Hempel, 1932</small> (Brazil) * ''Furcaspis capensis'' <small>(Walker, 1852)</small> (Africa) * ''Furcaspis charmoyi'' <small>Brain, 1918</small> (Mauritius, South Africa) * ''Furcaspis cladii'' <small>(Maskell, 1891)</small> (Japan, Australia, Mauritius) * ''Furcaspis costulariae'' <small>Hardy & Williams, 2018</small> (New Caledonia) * ''Furcaspis cyphokentiae'' <small>(Williams & Miller, 2006)</small> (New Caledonia) * ''Furcaspis dominicae'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Dominica) * ''Furcaspis douglorum'' <small>Okusu & Normark, 2014</small> (Panama) * ''Furcaspis exophthalma'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Papua New Guinea) * ''Furcaspis glandulosa'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Venezuela) * ''Furcaspis haematochroa'' <small>Cockerell, 1919</small> (Philippines) * ''Furcaspis intercepta'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Brazil) * ''Furcaspis matileae'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (New Caledonia) * ''Furcaspis mauritiana'' <small>(Newstead, 1917)</small> (Mauritius) * ''Furcaspis mexicana'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Mexico) * ''Furcaspis oaxacae'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Mexico) * ''Furcaspis oceanica'' <small>Lindinger, 1909</small> (Pacific Islands) * ''Furcaspis palmaria'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico) * ''Furcaspis paxilliloba'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Guatemala, Mexico) * ''Furcaspis peruviana'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Peru) * ''Furcaspis plana'' <small>Hempel, 1937</small> (Brazil) * ''Furcaspis proteae'' <small>Brain, 1918</small> (South Africa) * ''Furcaspis rufa'' <small>Lindinger, 1913</small> (Réunion) * ''Furcaspis scleroprymna'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Puerto Rico) * ''Furcaspis sibuyanensis'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Philippines)) * ''Furcaspis taquarae'' <small>(Fonseca, 1969)</small> (Brazil) * ''Furcaspis tasmanica'' <small>Williams & Miller, 2006</small> (Australia)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=GBIF, ''Furcaspis'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2086421 | access-date=2025-01-24 }}</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>
<ref name=GarcíaMorales> {{Cite web | title = ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics | 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 = 2024-10-19 }}</ref> }}
==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{inaturalist taxon|892648}} {{refend}}
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Category:Diaspididae
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