Russellaspis, Bodenheimer

Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, Zootaxa 5542 (1), pp. 1-202 : 30

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14447953
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scientific name	Russellaspis
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Genus RUSSELLASPIS Bodenheimer

Russellaspis Bodenheimer, 1951: 328 . Type species: Asterolecanium pustulans Cockerell.

Diagnostic characters of the adult female: Slide-mounted, body almost circular; apex of abdomen with notch and anal lobes developed. Anal opening bearing 6 pairs of setae. Dorsal 8-shaped pores numerous, scattered. Dorsal tubes absent. Ventral multilocular disc-pores present. Dorsal tubular ducts numerous.

Comments: Worldwide, seven species are included in Russellaspis ( García Morales et al. 2016) ; only R. pustulans (Cockerell) is known from Iran ( Stumpf & Lambdin 2006).