Coccidae
Sign in to savethumb|Wax scale, Ceroplastes cirripediformis Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (kókkos), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes", 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 winged or wingless.
Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyCoccidae
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thumb|Wax scale, Ceroplastes cirripediformis Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (kókkos), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes", 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 winged or wingless.
==Genera== There are >1,100 spp. in 171 genera worldwide. 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 Luzulaspis Targioni Tozzetti, 1868 Maacoccus Tao, Wong & Chang, 1983 Metaceronema Milviscutulus Paralecanium Cockerell in Cockerell & Parrott 1899 Parasaissetia Takahashi 1955 Parthenolecanium Šulc 1908 Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti 1868 Protopulvinaria Cockerell 1894 Pulvinaria Targioni-tozzetti, 1867 Saissetia Deplanche, 1858 Takahashia Cockerell, 1896