Chrysomphalus Explained

Chrysomphalus is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are about 17 described species in Chrysomphalus.

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