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Coccoidea (scale insects)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha > Hemiptera (bugs) > Sternorryncha

Families encountered in southern Africa

Margarodidae (margarodid scales)

 

Ortheziidae

 

 

Phenacoleachiidae

 

 

Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)

 

Eriococcidae

 

 

Dactolopiidae (cochineal insects)

 

Kermesidae

 

 

Aclerdidae

 

 

Stictococcidae

 

 

Asterolecaniidae

 

 

Cerococcidae

 

 

Lecanodiaspididae

 

 

Coccidae (soft scales)

 

Kerriidae

 

 

Phoenicococcidae

 

 

Conchaspididae

 

 

Beesoniidae

 

 

Halimococcidae

 

 

Diaspididae (hard scales)

 

Publications

  • Gullan, P.J. & Kosztarab, M. 1997. Adaptations in scale insects. Annual Review of Entomology 42: 23-50.

 

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