Nomenclatural changes in the Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)

A database containing taxonomic information on two subfamilies of the diaspidid scale insects of the world is available on the World Wide Web. Several nomenclatural changes need to be validated including: Diaspis amygdali rubra (Maskell) new illustration and lectotype designation; Diaspis barberi Green new junior synonym of D. amygdali rubra and lectotype designation; Pseudaulacaspis ernesti Miller, Gimpel, and Williams a new replacement name for Diaspis grandilobis Green (junior, secondary homonym of Diaspis grandilobis (Maskell)) and new illustration; Diaspis grandilobis Green lectotype designation; Lepidosaphes linearis (Modeer) discussed as a species incertae sedis; Pseudaulacaspis frutescens (Hu) new combination; Lepidosaphes meliae (Tang) new combination; Lepidosaphes lithocarpicola (Tang) new combination, and Lepidosaphes pseudogloverii (Borchsenius), new combination. The correct spelling of an Asian armored scale should be Chionaspis kinshinensis Kuwana, not C. kiushuensis. Twenty-six changes of adjectival species epithets are necessary for gender agreement with the genus.