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start of the Tri****ic period,
around 245
million years ago, and that the
neococcoids appeared during the
Early Jur****ic, some 185
million years ago. Scale...
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Kerriidae is a
family of
scale insects,
commonly known as lac
insects or lac scales. Some
members of the
genera Metatachardia, Tachardiella, Austrotacharidia...
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Diaspididae is the
largest family of
scale insects with over 2650
described species in
around 400 genera. As with all
scale insects, the
female produces...
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prepupae with
developing wing pads and legs. In the more
derived neococcoids,
there are
signs of legs and
sometimes developing wing pads. Some mealybugs...
- The
Kermesidae are a
family of
scale insects belonging to the
superfamily Coccoidea. The type genus, Kermes,
includes the
kermes scale insects, from which...
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Carayonemidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as carayonemids. They
typically live
among mosses and leaf
litter which is
unusual for scale...
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Stictococcidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as stictococcids.
There are
three genera containing about seventeen species and
members of this...
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Asterolecaniidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as pit
scales or asterolecaniids. They
typically cause a
depression in the host plant's tissues...
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Cerococcidae is a
family of
scale insects commonly known as
ornate pit
scales or cerococcids.
There are 83
species in 5 genera.
Members of this family...
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Aclerdidae are a
family of Coccoidea, the
scale insects. They are
usually found on gr****es,
sucking sap from the stem,
inside the leaf sheaths. McConnell...
