# Melanaspis

Melanaspis is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 60 described species in Melanaspis.

## Species

These 64 species belong to the genus Melanaspis:
* Melanaspis araucariae Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
* Melanaspis aristotelesi Lepage & Giannotti, 1944 (Brazil)
* Melanaspis arnaldoi (Costa Lima, 1924) (Brazil)
* Melanaspis artemisiae Mamet, 1959 (Madagascar)
* Melanaspis arundinariae Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (United States)
* Melanaspis bolivari Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia)
* Melanaspis bondari Lepage & Giannotti, 1943 (Brazil)
* Melanaspis bromiliae (Leonardi, 1899) (ananas scale)
* Melanaspis calura (Cockerell, 1898) (Central and South America, Philippines)
* Melanaspis campylanthi (Lindinger, 1911) (Canary Islands)
* Melanaspis casuarinae Mamet, 1954 (Madagascar)
* Melanaspis chrysobalani (Leonardi, 1914) (Africa)
* Melanaspis coccolobae Ferris, 1943 (the Americas)
* Melanaspis corticosa (Brain, 1919) (South African Obscure Scale) (Mozambique, Guinea, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
* Melanaspis cubensis Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (Cuba)
* Melanaspis deklei Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (United States, Mexico)
* Melanaspis delicata Ferris, 1941 (United States)
* Melanaspis deliquescens Ferris, 1941 (Mexico, United States)
* Melanaspis eglandulosa (Lindinger in: Brick, 1909) (Panama, Guatemala)
* Melanaspis elaeagni McKenzie, 1957 (Black elaegnus scale) (Central and North America)
* Melanaspis enceliae (Ferris, 1921) (Mexico)
* Melanaspis figueiredoi Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
* Melanaspis frankiniae Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
* Melanaspis greeni (Leonardi, 1914) (Guinea)
* Melanaspis indurata (Ferris, 1921) (Mexico)
* Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi, 1913) (Europe, western Asia)
* Melanaspis jamaicensis Davidson, 1970 (United States)
* Melanaspis latipyga Ferris, 1941 (Central and North America)
* Melanaspis leivasi (Costa Lima, 1924) (Central and South America)
* Melanaspis lilacina (Cockerell, 1898) (dark oak scale) (United States, Mexico)
* Melanaspis lilloi Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020
* Melanaspis longula Ferris, 1941 (Panama, Mexico)
* Melanaspis louristanus Balachowsky & Kaussari, 1953 (Iran)
* Melanaspis madagascariensis Mamet, 1951 (Madagascar, Angola)
* Melanaspis marlatti (Parrott, 1899) (United States, Japan)
* Melanaspis martinsi Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
* Melanaspis mimosae (Comstock, 1883) (Mimosa scale) (United States, Mexico)
* Melanaspis monotes (Hall, 1929) (Zimbabwe)
* Melanaspis nigropunctata (Cockerell, 1896) (Central and North America, Caribbean)
* Melanaspis nothofagi Hardy & Williams, 2018
* Melanaspis obscura (Comstock, 1881) (obscure scale) (North America, Japan)
* Melanaspis odontoglossi (Cockerell, 1893) (the Americas)
* Melanaspis pedina Munting, 1969 (South Africa, Namibia)
* Melanaspis phenax (Cockerell, 1901) (Zimbabwe, Guinea, South Africa)
* Melanaspis philippiae Mamet, 1959 (Madagascar)
* Melanaspis pinicola Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (Mexico, Guatemala)
* Melanaspis pistaciae Hosseininaveh & Kaydan
* Melanaspis ponderosa Ferris, 1941 (Panama, Mexico, Colombia)
* Melanaspis pseudoponderosa Deitz & Davidson, 1986 (United States)
* Melanaspis reticulata Ferris, 1943 (Mexico)
* Melanaspis rotunda Ferris, 1943 (Mexico)
* Melanaspis saccharicola (Costa Lima, 1934) (Brazil)
* Melanaspis sacculata Ferris, 1943 (Mexico)
* Melanaspis sansevii Mamet, 1959 (Madagascar)
* Melanaspis santensis Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
* Melanaspis smilacis (Comstock, 1883) (Smilax scale)
* Melanaspis squamea Ferris, 1943 (Panama, Guatemala, Mexico)
* Melanaspis sulcata Ferris, 1943
* Melanaspis targionoides Schneider, Claps, Wei, Normark & Normark, 2020
* Melanaspis tenax McKenzie, 1944 (the Americas)
* Melanaspis tenebricosa (Comstock, 1881) (gloomy scale) (Panama, United States, Mexico)
* Melanaspis tricuspis Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
* Melanaspis vilardeboi Balachowsky, 1953 (Guinea)
* Melanaspis williamsi De Lotto, 1957 (Kenya)