Melanaspis is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 60 described species in Melanaspis.
Species
These 64 species belong to the genus Melanaspis:
- Melanaspis araucariae <small>Lepage, 1942</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis aristotelesi <small>Lepage & Giannotti, 1944</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis arnaldoi <small>(Costa Lima, 1924)</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis artemisiae <small>Mamet, 1959</small> (Madagascar)
- Melanaspis arundinariae <small>Deitz & Davidson, 1986</small> (United States)
- Melanaspis bolivari <small>Balachowsky, 1959</small> (Colombia)
- Melanaspis bondari <small>Lepage & Giannotti, 1943</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis bromiliae <small>(Leonardi, 1899)</small> (ananas scale)
- Melanaspis calura <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small> (Central and South America, Philippines)
- Melanaspis campylanthi <small>(Lindinger, 1911)</small> (Canary Islands)
- Melanaspis casuarinae <small>Mamet, 1954</small> (Madagascar)
- Melanaspis chrysobalani <small>(Leonardi, 1914)</small> (Africa)
- Melanaspis coccolobae <small>Ferris, 1943</small> (the Americas)
- Melanaspis corticosa <small>(Brain, 1919)</small> (South African Obscure Scale) (Mozambique, Guinea, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
- Melanaspis cubensis <small>Deitz & Davidson, 1986</small> (Cuba)
- Melanaspis deklei <small>Deitz & Davidson, 1986</small> (United States, Mexico)
- Melanaspis delicata <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (United States)
- Melanaspis deliquescens <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (Mexico, United States)
- Melanaspis eglandulosa <small>(Lindinger in: Brick, 1909)</small> (Panama, Guatemala)
- Melanaspis elaeagni <small>McKenzie, 1957</small> (Black elaegnus scale) (Central and North America)
- Melanaspis enceliae <small>(Ferris, 1921)</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis figueiredoi <small>Lepage, 1942</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis frankiniae <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis greeni <small>(Leonardi, 1914)</small> (Guinea)
- Melanaspis indurata <small>(Ferris, 1921)</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis inopinata <small>(Leonardi, 1913)</small> (Europe, western Asia)
- Melanaspis jamaicensis <small>Davidson, 1970</small> (United States)
- Melanaspis latipyga <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (Central and North America)
- Melanaspis leivasi <small>(Costa Lima, 1924)</small> (Central and South America)
- Melanaspis lilacina <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small> (dark oak scale) (United States, Mexico)
- Melanaspis lilloi <small>Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020</small>
- Melanaspis longula <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (Panama, Mexico)
- Melanaspis louristanus <small>Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953</small> (Iran)
- Melanaspis madagascariensis <small>Mamet, 1951</small> (Madagascar, Angola)
- Melanaspis marlatti <small>(Parrott, 1899)</small> (United States, Japan)
- Melanaspis martinsi <small>Lepage, 1942</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis mimosae <small>(Comstock, 1883)</small> (Mimosa scale) (United States, Mexico)
- Melanaspis monotes <small>(Hall, 1929)</small> (Zimbabwe)
- Melanaspis nigropunctata <small>(Cockerell, 1896)</small> (Central and North America, Caribbean)
- Melanaspis nothofagi <small>Hardy & Williams, 2018</small>
- Melanaspis obscura <small>(Comstock, 1881)</small> (obscure scale) (North America, Japan)
- Melanaspis odontoglossi <small>(Cockerell, 1893)</small> (the Americas)
- Melanaspis pedina <small>Munting, 1969</small> (South Africa, Namibia)
- Melanaspis phenax <small>(Cockerell, 1901)</small> (Zimbabwe, Guinea, South Africa)
- Melanaspis philippiae <small>Mamet, 1959</small> (Madagascar)
- Melanaspis pinicola <small>Deitz & Davidson, 1986</small> (Mexico, Guatemala)
- Melanaspis pistaciae <small>Hosseininaveh & Kaydan</small>
- Melanaspis ponderosa <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (Panama, Mexico, Colombia)
- Melanaspis pseudoponderosa <small>Deitz & Davidson, 1986</small> (United States)
- Melanaspis reticulata <small>Ferris, 1943</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis rotunda <small>Ferris, 1943</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis saccharicola <small>(Costa Lima, 1934)</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis sacculata <small>Ferris, 1943</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis sansevii <small>Mamet, 1959</small> (Madagascar)
- Melanaspis santensis <small>Lepage, 1942</small> (Brazil)
- Melanaspis smilacis <small>(Comstock, 1883)</small> (Smilax scale)
- Melanaspis squamea <small>Ferris, 1943</small> (Panama, Guatemala, Mexico)
- Melanaspis sulcata <small>Ferris, 1943</small>
- Melanaspis targionoides <small>Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020</small>
- Melanaspis tenax <small>McKenzie, 1944</small> (the Americas)
- Melanaspis tenebricosa <small>(Comstock, 1881)</small> (gloomy scale) (Panama, United States, Mexico)
- Melanaspis tricuspis <small>Ferris, 1941</small> (Mexico)
- Melanaspis vilardeboi <small>Balachowsky, 1953</small> (Guinea)
- Melanaspis williamsi <small>De Lotto, 1957</small> (Kenya)
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