Coccidae
| Coccidae | |
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| Green scale, Coccus viridis. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Coccidae |
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The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be covered with wax. In some genera they possess legs but in others, they do not, and the antennae may be shortened or missing. The males may be alate or apterous.[1][2]
Genera
- Subfamily Myzolecaniinae
- Akermes
- Alecanium
- Alecanopsis
- Cribolecanium
- Cryptostigma
- Cyclolecanium
- Halococcus
- Houardia
- Megasaissetia
- Myzolecanium
- Neolecanium
- Paractenochiton
- Pseudophilippia
- Richardiella
- Torarchus
- Toumeyella
- Xenolecanium
- Antecerococcus
- Ceroplastes
- Coccus Linnaeus, 1758
- Eucalymnatus Cockerell, 1901
- Eulecanium
- Kilifia De Lotto, 1965
- Lecanium
- Metaceronema
- Milviscutulus
- Paralecanium
- Parasaissetia
- Parthenolecanium
- Phenacoccus Cockerell, 1902
- Protopulvinaria
- Pulvinaria Targioni-tozzetti, 1867
- Saissetia Deplanche, 1858
See also
References
- ↑ General and Applied Entomology: Hemiptera
- ↑ What Are Bed Bugs? How To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs
- ↑ KONDO, TAKUMASA; Prof. WILLIAMS M.L. (2001). "The Myzolecaniinae (Hemiptera: Coccidae): Old World vs. New World" (PDF). Bollettino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicoltura. II. 33 (3): 125–128.
External links
- Images at BugGuide
- Florida wax scale on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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