Melanaspis Explained

Melanaspis is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 60 described species in Melanaspis.

Species

These 68 species belong to the genus Melanaspis:

• Melanaspis araucariae Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
• Melanaspis aristotelesi Lepage & Giannotti, 1944 (Brazil)
• Melanaspis arnaldoi (Costa Lima, 1924) (Brazil)
• Melanaspis artemisiae Mamet, 1959 (Madagascar)
• Melanaspis arundinariae Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (United States)
• Melanaspis bolivari Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia)
• Melanaspis bondari Lepage & Giannotti, 1943 (Brazil)
• Melanaspis bromiliae (Leonardi, 1899) (ananas scale)
• Melanaspis calura (Cockerell, 1898)
• Melanaspis casuarinae Mamet, 1954 (Madagascar)
• Melanaspis chrysobalani (Leonardi, 1914) (Africa)
• Melanaspis coccolobae Ferris, 1943 (the Americas)
• Melanaspis corticosa (Brain, 1919) (South African Obscure Scale) (Mozambique, Guinea, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
• Melanaspis cubensis Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (Cuba)
• Melanaspis deklei Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (United States, Mexico)
• Melanaspis delicata Ferris, 1941 (United States)
• Melanaspis deliquescens Ferris, 1941 (Mexico, United States)
• Melanaspis eglandulosa (Lindinger in: Brick, 1909) (Panama, Guatemala)
• Melanaspis elaeagni McKenzie, 1957 (Black elaegnus scale) (Central and North America)
• Melanaspis enceliae (Ferris, 1921) (Mexico)
• Melanaspis figueiredoi Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
• Melanaspis frankiniae Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
• Melanaspis fucata Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
• Melanaspis glomerata (Green, 1903) (black araucaria scale) (Pakistan, India)
• Melanaspis indurata (Ferris, 1921) (Mexico)
• Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi, 1913) (Europe, western Asia)
• Melanaspis jaboticabae (Hempel, 1918) (Brazil)
• Melanaspis jamaicensis Davidson, 1970 (United States)
• Melanaspis latipyga Ferris, 1941 (Central and North America)
• Melanaspis leivasi (Costa Lima, 1924) (Central and South America)
• Melanaspis lilacina (Cockerell, 1898) (dark oak scale) (United States, Mexico)
• Melanaspis lilloi Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020
• Melanaspis longula Ferris, 1941 (Panama, Mexico)
• Melanaspis louristanus Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953 (Iran)
• Melanaspis madagascariensis Mamet, 1951 (Madagascar, Angola)
• Melanaspis marlatti (Parrott, 1899)
• Melanaspis martinsi Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
• Melanaspis mga
• Melanaspis mimosae (Comstock, 1883) (Mimosa scale) (United States, Mexico)
• Melanaspis monotes (Hall, 1929) (Zimbabwe)
• Melanaspis nigropunctata (Cockerell, 1896) (Central and North America, Caribbean)
• Melanaspis nothofagi Hardy & Williams, 2018
• Melanaspis obscura (Comstock, 1881) (obscure scale) (North America, Japan)
• Melanaspis odontoglossi (Cockerell, 1893) (the Americas)
• Melanaspis pedina Munting, 1969 (South Africa, Namibia)
• Melanaspis phenax (Cockerell, 1901) (Zimbabwe, Guinea, South Africa)
• Melanaspis philippiae Mamet, 1959 (Madagascar)
• Melanaspis pinicola Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (Mexico, Guatemala)
• Melanaspis pistaciae Hosseininaveh & Kaydan
• Melanaspis ponderosa Ferris, 1941 (Panama, Mexico, Colombia)
• Melanaspis pseudoponderosa Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (United States)
• Melanaspis reticulata Ferris, 1943 (Mexico)
• Melanaspis rhizophorae (Cockerell, 1899) (Mexico)
• Melanaspis rotunda Ferris, 1943 (Mexico)
• Melanaspis saccharicola (Costa Lima, 1934) (Brazil)
• Melanaspis sacculata Ferris, 1943 (Mexico)
• Melanaspis sansevii Mamet, 1959 (Madagascar)
• Melanaspis santensis Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
• Melanaspis sitreana (Hempel, 1932) (Chile)
• Melanaspis smilacis (Comstock, 1883) (Smilax scale)
• Melanaspis squamea Ferris, 1943 (Panama, Guatemala, Mexico)
• Melanaspis sulcata Ferris, 1943
• Melanaspis targionoides Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020
• Melanaspis tenax McKenzie, 1944 (the Americas)
• Melanaspis tenebricosa (Comstock, 1881) (gloomy scale) (Panama, United States, Mexico)
• Melanaspis tricuspis Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
• Melanaspis vilardeboi Balachowsky, 1953 (Guinea)
• Melanaspis williamsi De Lotto, 1957 (Kenya)