Diaspidinae
Subfamily of true bugs
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Diaspidinae is the largest subfamily of Diaspididae (the largest family of scale insects), with more than 200 genera in two tribes.[1][2][3][4]
- Tribe Diaspidini
- Subtribe Chionaspidina (cosmopolitan except South America, 48 genera)
- Subtribe Diaspidina (cosmopolitan except Australasia, 13 genera)
- Subtribe Fioriniina (almost exclusively Old World, 64 genera)
- Tribe Lepidosaphidini (cosmopolitan, 103 genera)
| Diaspidinae | |
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| Aulacaspis yasumatsui the cycad aulacaspis scale | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subfamily: | Diaspidinae |
| Tribes | |
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