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Margarodidae

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Phylum
  
Rank
  
Family

Suborder
  
Scientific name
  
Margarodidae

Higher classification
  
Scale insect

Order
  
True bugs

Margarodidae Mealybugs Family Margarodidae

Lower classifications
  
Icerya purchasi, Marchalina hellenica, Margarodes, Porphyrophora

The Margarodidae or ground pearls (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, giant scale insects) are a family of scale insects within the superfamily Coccoidea. Members of the family include the Polish cochineal and Armenian cochineal (genus Porphyrophora) and the original ground pearl genus, Margarodes. Beginning in 1880, a number of distinct subfamilies were recognized, with the giant coccis (the Monophlebidae) being the first. Although Maskell proposed a new family, many continued to regard the monophlebids as a mere subfamily for many years, and the Margarodidae classification continued to be polyphyletic through the 20th Century. Since then, taking the advice of Koteja several subfamilies and tribes have been elevated into their own families such as Matsucoccidae and Xylococcidae. The pared-down family of Margarodidae (Margarodidae sensu stricto or Margarodidae s. s.) is monophyletic.

Contents

List of genera

Margarodidae Mealybug Margarodidae family

  • Dimargarodes Silvestri, 1938
  • Eumargarodes Jakubski, 1950
  • Eurhizococcus Silvestri, 1936
  • Heteromargarodes Jakubski, 1965
  • Margarodes Guilding, 1828
  • Margarodesia Foldi, 1981
  • Neomargarodes Green, 1914
  • Porphyrophora Brandt, 1833
  • Promargarodes Silvestri, 1938
  • Termitococcus Silvestri, 1901
  • Former genera

    Margarodidae Cottony Cushion Scales Family Margarodidae NatureWatch NZ

  • Crypticerya Cockerell, 1895 now in the Monophlebidae
  • Desmococcus McKenzie, 1942 now in the Pityococcidae
  • Drosicha Walker, 1858 now in the Monophlebidae
  • Gueriniella Fernald, 1903 now in the Monophlebidae
  • Icerya Signoret, 1875 now in the Monophlebidae
  • Kuwania Cockerell in Fernald, 1903 now in the Kuwaniidae
  • Marchalina Vayssiere, 1923 now in the Marchalinidae
  • Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909 now in the Matsucoccidae
  • Palaeococcus Cockerell, 1894 now in the Monophlebidae
  • Steingelia Nassonov, 1908 now in the Steingeliidae
  • Xylococcus Löw, 1883 now in the Xylococcidae

  • Margarodidae Mealybugs Family Margarodidae

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    Margarodidae MARGARODIDAE Mealy Bugs

    References

    Margarodidae Wikipedia


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