Diaspidiotus

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Diaspidiotus is a group of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 90 described species found all over the world. An example is Diaspidiotus liquidambaris, the sweet gum scale, found in North Carolina. Scientific classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Arthropoda; Class Insecta; Order Hemiptera; Suborder Sternorrhyncha; Family Diaspididae; Genus Diaspidiotus Berlese, 1896. Synonyms include Quadraspidiotus MacGillivray, 1921.