{{Short description|Genus of scale insect}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Suturaspis | authority = }} '''''Suturaspis''''' is a genus of Diaspididae found in the Mediterranean region.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Porcelli |first=Francesco |date=1990 |title=Cocciniglie nuove per l'Italia |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342424791 |journal=Frustula Entomologica |volume=XIII |pages=31–38}}</ref>
It inhabits plants such as almond trees, peach trees, and the ''Prunus webbii'' shrub.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Porcelli |first1=Francesco |last2=Frisullo |first2=Salvatore |date=1998 |title=The fungus Nectria aurantiicola Berk. et Br. (Fusarium larvarum Fuckel) a biocontrol agent of the armored scale Suturaspis archangelskyae (Lindinger) in Apulia (Southern Italy) |url=https://ojs.uniba.it/index.php/entomol/article/view/705 |journal=Entomologica |language=en |volume=32 |pages=109–119 |doi=10.15162/0425-1016/705 |issn=2611-8041}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kozar |first1=F. |last2=Konstantinova |first2=G. M. |last3=Akman |first3=K. |last4=Altay |first4=M. |last5=Kiroglu |first5=H. |date=1981 |title=Distribution and density of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) on fruit plants in Turkey in 1976 (Survey of scale insect (Homoptera: Coccoidea) infestations in European orchards No. 11). |url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/19810582937 |journal=Acta Phytopathologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |volume=14}}</ref>
It has been reported to have been infected by the ''Fusarium larvarum'' fungus, which acts as a biocontrol of the insect in Apulia, Italy.<ref name=":0" />
== Species == * ''Suturaspis archangelskyae'' (Lindinger) 1929<ref name=":0" /> * ''Sturaspis crataegi''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=taxonomy |title=Taxonomy browser (Suturaspis) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=1886411&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref> * ''Suturaspis davatchi''<ref name=":1" />
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Category:Diaspididae
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