Valid Names Results

Superturmaspis Chen, 1983 (Diaspididae)

Superturmaspis Chen 1983: 85-86. Type species: Chionaspis schizosoma Takagi by original designation . accepted valid name
Aulacaspis Takagi 1999: 146;. . incorrect synonymy (discovered by NiuCaWe2023: 307)

Systematics: Niu, Cao & Wei confirmed the non-monophyly of the genus-level relationships and taxonomy of Chionaspidina, including the genera Aulacaspis and Chionaspis. The type species,A. schizosoma was wrongly assigned to Aulacaspis, although the species Superturmaspis schizosoma (Takagi, 1970) is morphologically very close to Aulacaspis, sharing very similar characters of the pygidial margin and a similar distribution of dorsal ducts, but differing by being widest across the mesothorax, body of adult female is top form in outline, pronounced contracted segmentation on lateral margins which contains the cephalothorax and abdominal segments preceding the pygidium. The same level of strong statistical support was observed for the species in two molecular phylogenetic trees (ML and BI trees). Therefore, they resurrected Superturmaspis and transferred the species back to the genus based on the molecular analysis. (Niu, Cao & Wei, 2023)

Chen1983: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Genera of Phenacaspidina] Key as: Superturmaspis