DIASPIDIDAE
(armoured scales)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Chionaspis salicis
Willow Scale
Species 1 ident. refs
Unaspis euonymi
Euonymus Scale
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 		Species 7 images
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 44 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)
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