Genus RUSSELLASPIS Bodenheimer

Russellaspis Bodenheimer, 1951: 328 . Type species: Asterolecanium pustulans Cockerell.

Diagnostic characters of the adult female: Slide-mounted, body almost circular; apex of abdomen with notch and anal lobes developed. Anal opening bearing 6 pairs of setae. Dorsal 8-shaped pores numerous, scattered. Dorsal tubes absent. Ventral multilocular disc-pores present. Dorsal tubular ducts numerous.

Comments: Worldwide, seven species are included in Russellaspis (García Morales et al. 2016); only R. pustulans (Cockerell) is known from Iran (Stumpf & Lambdin 2006).