New Caledonia is home to many endemic species of plants and animals. Here, we improve our grasp on that biota by describing five new species of armored scale insects in the genus Andaspis: Andaspis
brevicornuta
sp. n, A.
conica
sp. n., A.
nothofagi
sp. n., A.
novaecaledoniae
sp. n., and A.
ornata
sp. n. Each is known exclusively from collections on southern beeches (Nothofagus spp.) in New Caledonia. A key to the species of Andaspis of New Caledonia is provided.
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