Aspidiotus nerii

Aspidiotus nerii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Diaspididae
Tribus: Aspidiotini
Genus: Aspidiotus
Species: Aspidiotus nerii

Name

Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833: 52

Synonyms

• Aspidiotus atherospermae Maskell, 1879
• Aspidiotus dysoxyli Maskell, 1879
  • Authority for current placement: Henderson, 2001: 89 ('NEW SYNONYMY')
• Aspidiotus sophorae Maskell, 1884
• Aspidiotus carpodeti Maskell, 1885

References

Primary references

• Bouché, P.F. 1833. Naturgeschichte der schädlichen und nützlichen Garten-Insekten und die bewährtesten Mittel zur Vertilgung der ersteren. Berlin: Nicolai. 176 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Henderson, R.C. 2001. New synonymies for two armoured scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) on Dysoxylum spectabile. New Zealand Entomologist 24(1): 89–90. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2001.9722088 Reference page. 
• Henderson, R.C. 2011. Diaspididae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Fauna of New Zealand 66: 275 pp. PDF. ISBN 978-0-478-34726-5 (print), ISBN 978-0-478-34727-2 (digital). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: oleander scale

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