Diaspis species

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2021, Three new species of armoured scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha Diaspididae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4991 (2), pp. 371-379 : 376

Key to adult female Diaspis species recorded from Iran

1(0) Median lobes (L 1) not forming a deep notch at apex of pygidium.............................. echinocacti (Bouché)

- Median lobes forming a deep notch at apex of pygidium...................................................... 2

2(1) Dorsal submarginal ducts in each abdominal segment II–V forming a single continuous band or row.. boisduvalii (Signoret)

- Dorsal submarginal ducts of segments II–V present in groups.................................................. 3

3(2) Gland spines on abdominal segments V–VII with bifurcate tips................... carmanica Davatchi & Balachowsky

- Gland spines on segments V–VII spinelike, with simple tips................................................... 4

4(3) Abdominal segments VI and VII each with 1 submarginal duct on each side........................ syriaca Lindinger

- Abdominal segments VI and VII each without submarginal macroducts................... quercus Moghaddam sp. n.