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Coccoidea  Fallén, 1814
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1234349

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Superfamily  
  Synonym(s): Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903
  
  Common Name(s): scales [English]
  
    mealybugs [English]
  
    coccids [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  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  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Family Aclerdidae Cockerell, 1905 – flat grass scales, aclerdid scales 
                                        Family Adocimycolidae Poinar and Vega, 2023  
                                        Family Albiococcidae Koteja, 2004  
                                        Family Apticoccidae Vea and Grimaldi, 2015  
                                        Family Arnoldidae Koteja, 2008  
                                        Family Asterolecaniidae Cockerell, 1896 – pit scales 
                                        Family Beesoniidae Ferris, 1950  
                                        Family Burmacoccidae Koteja, 2004  
                                        Family Callipappidae   
                                        Family Cerococcidae Balachowsky, 1942  
                                        Family Coccidae Fallén, 1814 – soft scales, wax scales, tortoise scales 
                                        Family Coelostomidiidae Morrison, 1927  
                                        Family Conchaspididae Green, 1896 – false armoured scales 
                                        Family Cryptococcidae   
                                        Family Dactylopiidae Signoret, 1875 – cochineal insects, cochineal scales 
                                        Family Diaspididae  – armoured scales 
                                        Family Electrococcidae Koteja, 2000  
                                        Family Eriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 – felt scales, eriococcid scales 
                                        Family Grimaldiellidae Koteja, 2000  
                                        Family Grohnidae Koteja, 2008  
                                        Family Halimococcidae Brown and McKenzie, 1962  
                                        Family Hammanococcidae Koteja and Azar, 2008  
                                        Family Hodgsonicoccidae Vea and Grimaldi, 2015  
                                        Family Inkaidae Koteja, 1989  
                                        Family Jersicoccidae Koteja, 2000  
                                        Family Kermesidae Signoret, 1875 – gall-like scales, gall-like scale insects 
                                        Family Kozariidae Vea and Grimaldi, 2015  
                                        Family Kukaspididae Koteja and Poinar, 2001  
                                        Family Kuwaniidae MacGillivray, 1921  
                                        Family Labiococcidae Koteja, 2000  
                                        Family Lebanococcidae Koteja and Azar, 2008  
                                        Family Lecanodiaspididae Targioni Tozzetti, 1869  
                                        Family Lithuanicoccidae Koteja, 2008  
                                        Family Macrodrilidae Poinar, 2020  
                                        Family Marchalinidae Morrison, 1927  
                                        Family Margarodidae Cockerell, 1899 – ground pearls, giant coccids, cottony cushion scales 
                                        Family Matsucoccidae Morrison, 1927  
                                        Family Micrococcidae Silvestri, 1939  
                                        Family Monophlebidae Signoret, 1875  
                                        Family Ortheziidae Amyot and Serville, 1843  
                                        Family Pennygullaniidae Koteja and Azar, 2008  
                                        Family Phenacoleachiidae Cockerell, 1902  
                                        Family Phoenicococcidae Stickney, 1934  
                                        Family Pityococcidae McKenzie, 1942  
                                        Family Pseudococcidae Cockerell, 1905 – mealybugs 
                                        Family Putoidae Tang, 1992  
                                        Family Qinococcidae Wu in Wu et al., 2022  
                                        Family Rhizoecidae Williams, 1969  
                                        Family Serafinidae Koteja, 2008  
                                        Family Steingeliidae H. Morrison, 1927  
                                        Family Stictococcidae Lindinger, 1913  
                                        Family Stigmacoccidae Morrison, 1927  
                                        Family Tachardiidae Green, 1896 – Lac scales, Lac insects 
                                        Family Weitschatidae Koteja, 2008  
                                        Family Xenococcidae Tang, 1992  
                                        Family Xylococcidae Pergande in Hubbard and Pergande, 1898  
       

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  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: Coccoidea   
       
  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: Coccoidea   
       

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