Diaspidini

Diaspidini is a tribe in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. The insects are highly invasive, and are significant economic pests found worldwide.

Diaspidini contains three subtribes:

• Chionaspidina (cosmopolitan except South America, 48 genera)
• Diaspidina (cosmopolitan except Australasia, 13 genera)
• Fioriniina (almost exclusively Old World, 64 genera)

In addition, the following genera are classified as members of Diaspidini with uncertain placement to subtribe (incertae sedis):

• Furchadaspis <small>MacGillivray 1921</small>
• Gadaspis <small>Borchsenius 1949</small>
• Ischnaspis <small>Douglas 1887</small>
• Nimbaspis <small>Balachowsky 1952</small>
• Prodiaspis <small>Young 1984</small>
• Pygalataspis <small>Ferris 1921</small>
• Roureaspis <small>Takagi 1997</small>
• Trischnaspis <small>Ben-Dov 1974</small>

Six additional subtribes have been recognized in the past. According to research published in 2019,

• Protodiaspidina and Phenacaspidina are now included in Chionaspidina.
• Augulaspidina and Kuwanaspidina are now included in Fioriniina.
• The species formerly in Sclopetaspidina and Xerophilaspidina have been classified in various subtribes, tribes, and subfamilies.

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