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Radiaspis Ferris, 1938, Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America 

 (ser. 2) [v. 2] : SII-152. 



type-species: Leucaspis indica Marlatt, 1908, by original designation and 

 monotypy. 



The author referred this genus to the Diaspidini with doubt. Later, 1942: 

 SIV-422, recognizing the prior use of the name by Richter, 1917, for a trilobite, 

 he substituted the name Radionaspis. 



Radicoccus Hambleton, 1946, Rev. de Ent. [Rio de Janeiro] 17 : 47. 



type-species: Rhizoecus glooosus James, 1935, by original designation. 



The author placed this genus near Riper siella Tinsley, in the group of root- 

 infesting genera of the Pseudococcidae. 



Radiococcus Hambleton, 1946, Rev. de Ent. [Rio de Janeiro] 17: 10. 



A lapsus for Radicoccus Hambleton. Lindinger, 1957 : 551, accepted this spell- 

 ing, but considered the name a synonym of Rhizoecus Kimckel d'Herculais. 



Radionaspis Ferris, 1942, Atlas of the Scale Insects of North Amer- 

 ica (ser. 4) [v. 4]: SIV-422. 



type-species : Leucaspis indica Marlatt, 1908, by substitution of Radionaspis 

 for Radiaspis Ferris. 



Balachowsky, 1953g : 842, assigned this genus to the Leucaspidina. Ferris, 

 1955c : 31, noted the agreement, in great reduction of characters, of this genus 

 with Anotaspis Ferris and Thysanaspis Ferris. 



Ramachandraspis Rao, 1953, Roy. Ent. Soc, London, Proc. Ser. B : 

 Taxonomy 22: 66. 



type-species : Ramachandraspis fenestrata Rao, 1953, by original designa- 

 tion and monotypy. 



The describer assigned this genus to the Diaspidini. Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1924, 

 1926, and 1930, presented the type-species in lists of Indian Coccidae as Fiorinia 

 fenestrata Green (MS). 



Rastrococcus Ferris, 1954, Microentomology 19 : 55. 



type-species : Phenacoccus iceryoides Green, 1908, by original designation. 



The author established this genus in the Phenacoccus Cockerell series of the 

 Pseudococcidae. Lindinger, 1958:372, placed the type-species as "Ceroputo 

 iceryoides (Gr. 1908) comb, n.," but this action has not been accepted by other 

 workers. 



Remotaspidiotus MacGillivray, 1921, The Coccidae, p. 391. 



type-species : Aspidiotus (Targionia) chenopodii Marlatt, 1908, by original 

 designation. 



The author placed this genus in the Diaspidini. Lindinger, 1937 : 195, made 

 the name a synonym of Targionia Signoret but this action was rejected by Ferris, 

 1937c : 33-34, and Balachowsky, 1951 : 650, who considered it a synonym of Rhi- 

 zaspidiotus MacGillivray. Brimblecombe, 195S : 74, restored the genus to valid 



