Asterodiaspis variolosa (Ratzeburg, 1870)
(Golden Pit Scale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAsterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale)
GenusAsterodiaspis (a genus of bugs)
FamilyASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
O’Connor, J.P., Gertsson, C-A. & Malumphy, C. 2013 A review of the Irish scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) Irish Nat. J. Vol 32 (1): 32-44.

Asterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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