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Rhizoecidae  Williams, 1969
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1256904

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Rhizoecini Williams, 1969
  
    Geococcina Kozár in Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007
  
    Ripersiellina Kozár in Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                        FamilyRhizoecidae Williams, 1969  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Benedictycoccina Kozár and Foldi, 2004  
                                           Genus Brevicoccus Hambleton, 1946  
                                           Genus Capitisetella Hambleton, 1977  
                                           Genus Coccidella Hambleton, 1946  
                                           Genus Electromyrmococcus Williams, 2001  
                                           Genus Geococcus Green, 1902  
                                           Genus Hambletonrhizoecus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2005  
                                           Genus Ishigakicoccus Tanaka, 2016  
                                           Genus Kissrhizoecus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2005  
                                           Genus Leptorhizoecus Williams, 1998  
                                           Genus Marottarhizoecus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2002  
                                           Genus Pseudorhizoecus Green, 1933  
                                           Genus Pygmaeococcus McKenzie, 1960  
                                           Genus Rhizoecus Kunckel d'Herculais, 1878  
                                           Genus Ripersiella Tinsley, 1899  
                                           Genus Williamsrhizoecus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007  
       

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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, 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: Rhizoecidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Rhizoecidae   
       

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