Morganella is a genus of scale insects in the family Diaspididae. Morganella longispina is the type species.
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| Genus: | Morganella Cockerell, 1897
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It is named for Albert C. F. Morgan, the entomologist who first described the type species in 1889 (as Aspidiotus longispina).
Species edit
- Morganella acaciae Munting, 1967
- Morganella barbatissima Takagi, 2007
- Morganella conspicua Brain, 1919
- Morganella cueroensis Cockerell, 1899
- Morganella longispina Morgan, 1889
- Morganella polyctena Takagi, 2003
- Morganella pseudospinigera Balachowsky, 1956
- Morganella spinigera Lindinger, 1909
Other species formerly Morganella edit
- Morganella vuilleti or Morganella vuilletti now Sudanaspis vuilleti Marchal, 1909[1]
Takagi has suggested that the other African species, M. acaciae, M. conspicua, M. pseudospinigera and M. spinigera, as well as the anomalous Morganella cueroensis, do not belong in Morganella.[2]
Notes edit
References edit
- Takagi, Sadao (2007). "A revised concept of Morganella, with other forms (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. Series Entomology. New Series. 63: 51–65. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013.
External links edit
Data related to Morganella (Diaspididae) at Wikispecies
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