Andaspis MacGillivray, 1921

Hamilton, Fredericka B., Williams, Douglas J. & Hardy, Nate B., 2017, Five new species of the armored scale genus Andaspis MacGillivray (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Diaspididae) from New Caledonia, ZooKeys 693, pp. 17-31 : 17

Andaspis MacGillivray, 1921

Andaspis MacGillivray, 1921: 275; Rao and Ferris 1952: 17; Williams 1963: 13; Takagi 1970: 20; Williams and Watson 1988: 27.

Type species.

Mytilaspis flava var. hawaiiensis Maskell, 1895, by original designation

Generic diagnosis.

Body shape of adult female variable: oblong, fusiform, obovate, or oval. Antennae with 2 or more setae. Prominent median lobes with short inner edges, long outer margins, and conspicuous scleroses and paraphyses. A pair of small gland spines between lobes. Second lobes greatly reduced or absent and 4-6 marginal macroducts present on each side of pygidium. Anal opening in anterior portion of pygidium or near apex. Vulva either without perivulvar pores or surrounded by three or five groups of them ( Takagi and Kawai 1966, Takagi 1970, Williams and Watson 1988).