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Dactylopiidae  Signoret, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109213

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): cochineal insects [English]
  
    cochineal scales [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 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  
                                        FamilyDactylopiidae Signoret, 1875 – cochineal insects, cochineal scales  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Dactylopius Costa, 1829  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dactylopiidae, cochineal insects [English]   
       
  Source: ScaleNet, 8/2024, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  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: Dactylopiidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: Opinion 1247: Dactylopius Costa, (Nov. 1829) and Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840 (Insecta, Homoptera): Designation of type species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 40, part 2   
  Page(s): 77-80   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228342   
  Reference for: Dactylopiidae   
       
  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: Dactylopiidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parker, Sybil P., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1982   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms   
  Page(s): 1232   
  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company   
  Publication Place: New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-07-079031-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: cochineal scales[English]   
       

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