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Eriococcidae  Cockerell, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109212

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Acanthococcidae Signoret, 1875
 
    Brachyscelidae Signoret, 1869
 
    Apiomorphinae MacGillivray, 1921
 
    Calyciococcinae Brain, 1918
 
    Eremococcinae Borchsenius, 1960
 
    Kuwaniinae MacGillivray, 1921
 
    Cylindrococcinae MacGillivray, 1921
 
    Eriococcini Cockerell, 1899
 
    Xerococini Tang and Hao, 1995
 
    Ovaticoccini Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008
 
    Eriochitonini Hodgson, 1994
 
  Common Name(s): felt scales [English]
 
    eriococcid scales [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyEriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 – felt scales, eriococcid scales  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusAcalyptococcus Lambdin and Kosztarab, 1977  
                                           GenusAcanthococcus Signoret, 1875  
                                           GenusAculeococcus Lepage, 1941  
                                           GenusAffeldococcus Henderson, 2007  
                                           GenusAlpinococcus Henderson, 2007  
                                           GenusAnophococcus Balachowsky, 1954  
                                           GenusAolacoccus Gullan and Williams, 2016  
                                           GenusApezococcus Ferris, 1955  
                                           GenusApiococcus Hempel, 1900  
                                           GenusApiomorpha Rübsaamen, 1894  
                                           GenusAscelis Schrader, 1863  
                                           GenusAsiacornococcus Tang and Hao, 1995  
                                           GenusBalticococcus Koteja, 1988  
                                           GenusBorchseniococcus Kaydan and Kozár, 2008  
                                           GenusBryococcus Henderson, 2007  
                                           GenusBystracoccus Hodgson, Isaias and Oliveira, 2013  
                                           GenusCallococcus Ferris, 1918  
                                           GenusCalycicoccus Brain, 1918  
                                           GenusCapulinia Signoret, 1875  
                                           GenusCarphococcus D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                           GenusCarpochloroides Cockerell, 1899  
                                           GenusCasuarinaloma Froggatt, 1933  
                                           GenusChazeauana Matile-Ferrero, 1988  
                                           GenusChilechiton Hodgson and D. Miller, 2002  
                                           GenusChilecoccus D. Miller and González, 1975  
                                           GenusChoneochiton Hodgson, 2014  
                                           GenusCoxicoccus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                           GenusCylindrococcus Maskell, 1892  
                                           GenusCystococcus Fuller, 1897  
                                           GenusDromedaricoccus Hodgson and D. Miller in Hodgson et al., 2011  
                                           GenusDzumacoccus Hodgson, Germain and Matile-Ferrero, 2018  
                                           GenusEremococcus Ferris, 1919  
                                           GenusEriobalachowskya Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                           GenusEriochiton Maskell, 1887  
                                           GenusEriococcus Targioni Tozzetti, 1868  
                                           GenusEriogallococcus Hodgson and Magalhăes, 2011  
                                           GenusExallococcus D. Miller and González, 1975  
                                           GenusFimbriaticoccus Gullan and Williams, 2021  
                                           GenusFloracoccus Beardsley, 1974  
                                           GenusFragorbis Hardy and Gullan, 2007  
                                           GenusGedanicoccus Koteja, 1988  
                                           GenusGossyparia Signoret, 1875  
                                           GenusGossypariella Borchsenius, 1960  
                                           GenusGreenisca Borchsenius, 1948  
                                           GenusGregoporia Danzig, 1979  
                                           GenusHeathcotia Hardy and Beardsley, 2011  
                                           GenusHempelicoccus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                           GenusHispaniococcus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                           GenusHoheriococcus Henderson, 2006  
                                           GenusHoyicoccus Williams and Kozár, 2009  
                                           GenusHujinlinococcus Kozár and Wu, 2013  
                                           GenusHypericicoccus Williams, 1961  
                                           GenusIcelococcus D. Miller and González, 1975  
                                           GenusIntecticoccus Kondo, 2006  
                                           GenusJutlandicoccus Koteja, 1988  
                                           GenusKaweckia Koteja and Zak-Ogaza, 1981  
                                           GenusKotejacoccus Kaydan and Kozár, 2008  
                                           GenusKoteya Özdikmen, 2011  
                                           GenusKuenowicoccus Koteja, 1988  
                                           GenusKuwanina Cockerell in Fernald, 1903  
                                           GenusLachnodius Maskell, 1896  
                                           GenusLobimargo Hardy and Gullan, 2011  
                                           GenusMacracanthopyga Lizer y Trelles, 1955  
                                           GenusMacroporicoccus Nan and Wu, 2013  
                                           GenusMadarococcus Hoy, 1962  
                                           GenusMegacoccus Kosztarab and Kennedy, 1971  
                                           GenusMelzeria Green, 1930  
                                           GenusMontanococcus Henderson, 2007  
                                           GenusNeoacanthococcus Borchsenius, 1948  
                                           GenusNeoeriochiton Hodgson, 1994  
                                           GenusNeokaweckia Tang and Hao, 1995  
                                           GenusNeotectococcus Hempel, 1937  
                                           GenusNeotrichococcus D. Miller and Gimpel, 1999  
                                           GenusNoteococcus Hoy, 1962  
                                           GenusOlliffia Fuller, 1897  
                                           GenusOpisthoscelis Schrader, 1863  
                                           GenusOrafortis Hardy, 2006  
                                           GenusOrontesicoccus Kaydan, 2013  
                                           GenusOurococcus Fuller, 1897  
                                           GenusOvaticoccus Kloet, 1944  
                                           GenusPedroniopsis Green, 1926  
                                           GenusPhacelococcus D. Miller, 1970  
                                           GenusPhloeococcus Hoy, 1962  
                                           GenusPoliloculus González, 2008  
                                           GenusProteriococcus Borchsenius, 1960  
                                           GenusPseudoacanthococcus Kaydan and Kozár, 2013  
                                           GenusPseudocapulinia Hempel, 1932  
                                           GenusPseudomontanococcus Kozár and Hodgson in Kozár et al., 2008  
                                           GenusPseudotectococcus Hempel, 1934  
                                           GenusRhizococcus Signoret, 1875  
                                           GenusRhopalotococcus Williams, 2007  
                                           GenusSangicoccus Reyne, 1965  
                                           GenusScutare Brittin, 1915  
                                           GenusSphaerococcopsis Cockerell, 1899  
                                           GenusSpiroporococcus D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967  
                                           GenusStegococcus Hoy, 1962  
                                           GenusStibococcus D. Miller and González, 1975  
                                           GenusSubcorticoccus Gullan, 1999  
                                           GenusTanyscelis Hardy and Gullan, 2010  
                                           GenusTectococcus Hempel, 1900  
                                           GenusTelmatococcus Gavrilov-Zimin and Przhiboro, 2016  
                                           GenusTolypecoccus Hoy, 1962  
                                           GenusUhleria Cooke, 1881  
                                           GenusXerococcus Ferris, 1921  
                                           GenusYpofloiococcus D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
       
                                         FamilyEriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                           SpeciesApiomorpha beyeriae (Tepper, 1893)  
                                           SpeciesEriococcus laingi (Bodenheimer, 1953)  
                                           SpeciesErium frenellae Froggatt, 1916  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eriococcidae, eriococcid scales [English]   
       
  Source: ScaleNet, 4/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Eriococcidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature   
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title: Opinion 1203: Eriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 conserved: type species designated for Eriococcus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868 (Insecta, Homoptera)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 38, part 2   
  Page(s): 95-98   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228000   
  Reference for: Eriococcidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McGavin, George C.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bugs of the World   
  Page(s): 192   
  Publisher: Facts on File   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8160-2737-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eriococcidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, D. J.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) - a supplement   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3616, no. 4   
  Page(s): 325-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.2   
  Reference for: Eriococcidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Douglas John   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: The family-group names of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, vol. 23, no. 8   
  Page(s): 315-341   
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  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313954   
  Reference for: Eriococcidae   
       

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