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Coccomorpha appeared at the
start of the Tri****ic period, some 245 mya; the
neococcoids some 185 mya.
Scale insects are very well
represented in the
fossil record...
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Kerriidae is a
family of
scale insects,
commonly known as lac
insects or lac scales. Some
members of the
genera Metatachardia, Tachardiella, Austrotacharidia...
- have
prepupae with
developing wing pads and legs. In the more
derived neococcoids,
there are
signs of legs and
sometimes developing wing pads. Some mealybugs...
- The
Kermesidae are a
family of
scale insects belonging to the
superfamily Coccoidea. The type genus, Kermes,
includes the
kermes scale insects, from which...
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Diaspididae is the
largest family of
scale insects with over 2650
described species in
around 400 genera. As with all
scale insects, the
female produces...
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Eriococcidae is a
family of
scale insects in the
order Hemiptera. They are
commonly known as felt
scales or eriococcids. As of 2023,
there are 109 genera...
- the
modern families ****idae,
Steingeliidae and
Pityococcidae plus the
neococcoids clade as a group. The
single described adult male is
approximately 1...
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Phoenicococcidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as palm
scales or phoenicococcids.
There is a
single genus containing one species, Phoenicococcus...
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Stictococcidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as stictococcids.
There are
three genera containing about seventeen species and
members of this...
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Cerococcidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as
ornate pit
scales or cerococcids.
There are 83
species in 5 genera.
Members of this family...
