Aspidiotus Bouché 1833 (armoured scale insect)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Diaspididae
Synonym: Diaspites Pampaloni 1902
Full reference: P. F. Bouché. 1833. Naturgeschichte der Schädlichen und Nützlichen Garten-Insekten und die Bewährtesten Mittel zur Vertilgung der Ersteren 1-176
Parent taxon: Aspidiotinae according to J. Koteja and Y. Ben-Dov 2003
See also Pampaloni 1902
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aspidiotus crenulatus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fiuminello torrent, northeast of Melilli (Miocene of Italy)
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