Chrysomphalus
Genus of scale insects
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Chrysomphalus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are about 17 described species in Chrysomphalus.[1][2][3]
| Chrysomphalus | |
|---|---|
| Chrysomphalus pinnulifer, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subfamily: | Aspidiotinae |
| Tribe: | Aspidiotini |
| Subtribe: | Aspidiotina |
| Genus: | Chrysomphalus Ashmead, 1880 |

Species
These 17 species belong to the genus Chrysomphalus:
- Chrysomphalus aberrans Mamet, 1951
- Chrysomphalus ansei (Green, 1916)
- Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Egyptian black scale)
- Chrysomphalus bifasciculatus Ferris, 1938 (bifasciculate scale)
- Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889) (Dictyospermum scale)
- Chrysomphalus diversicolor (Green, 1923)
- Chrysomphalus fodiens (Maskell, 1892)
- Chrysomphalus mume Tang, 1984
- Chrysomphalus nepenthivorus Smith-Pardo, Evans & Dooley
- Chrysomphalus nulliporus McKenzie, 1939
- Chrysomphalus pinnulifer (Maskell, 1891)
- Chrysomphalus propsimus Banks, 1906
- Chrysomphalus prosimus Banks, 1906
- Chrysomphalus rubribullatus (Froggatt, 1914)
- Chrysomphalus silvestrii Chou, 1946
- Chrysomphalus trifasciculatus Brimblecombe, 1959
- Chrysomphalus variabilis McKenzie, 1943