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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subfamily: | Aspidiotinae |
| Tribe: | Aspidiotini |
| Genus: | Morganella Cockerell, 1897 |
Morganella is a genus of scale insects in the family Diaspididae. Morganella longispina is the type species.
It is named for Albert C. F. Morgan, the entomologist who first described the type species in 1889 (as Aspidiotus longispina).
Species
- 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
- Morganella vuilleti or Morganella vuilletti now Sudanaspis vuilleti Marchal, 1909
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.
Notes
- "Catalogue of Life, Morganella Cockerell, 1897". Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- Moved by Chou, Io (周尧) (1985). Monographia Diaspididarum Sinensium 2 (中国盾蚧志 2) (in Chinese). Shaanxi: Eldonejo de Scienco kaj Tekniko. OCLC 182850159.
- (Takagi, 2007)
References
- 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
Data related to Morganella (Diaspididae) at Wikispecies
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