Lepidosaphes

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Lepidosaphes ulmi.jpg | image_caption = Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell scale) on tree — an introduced pest insect. At Rock Corral Campground in Milford, Utah, the Western United States | taxon = Lepidosaphes | authority = Shimer, 1868 | synonyms = {{Genus list | Triaspis | }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> }} thumb|''Lepidosaphes beckii'', Spain thumb|''Lepidosaphes pini'', New Jersey thumb|''Lepidosaphes gloverii'', Cook Islands

'''''Lepidosaphes''''' is a genus of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 190 described species in ''Lepidosaphes'', found worldwide.<ref name=catlife/><ref name=GarcíaMorales/><ref name=Normark2019/>

==Species== These 191 species belong to the genus ''Lepidosaphes'':<ref name=GarcíaMorales/><ref name=Normark2019/> {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''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 {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=ITIS report, ''Lepidosaphes'' | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=200778 | access-date=2025-01-20 }}</ref>

<ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life, ''Lepidosaphes'' Shimer, 1868 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/CB784 | access-date=2025-01-20 }}</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| issue = 1 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1| doi-access = free | pmid = 31716328 | 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 journal | 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. | journal = Database | date = 2016 | display-authors = 4 | doi = 10.1093/database/bav118| doi-access = free | pmid = 26861659 | pmc = 4747323 | url = http://scalenet.info/| access-date = 2024-10-19 }}</ref> }}

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