DIASPIDIDAE
(armoured scales)

DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Aspidiotus nerii
Oleander Scale
Species 12 trophisms
Carulaspis juniperi
Juniper Scale
Species 4 trophisms
Chionaspis salicis
Willow Scale
Species 13 trophisms 1 references
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
White Peach Scale
Species 11 trophisms 1 references
Unaspis euonymi
Euonymus Scale
Species 4 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Watson, G.W. Diaspididae of the World wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/diaspididae.php

DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)
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