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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Giant Scale Insects (Monophlebidae)

Family Monophlebidae - Giant Scale Insects

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
Family Monophlebidae (Giant Scale Insects)
Other Common Names
Giant Coccids
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as a subfamily of Margarodidae
Explanation of Names
Monophlebidae Signoret 1875
Numbers
8 spp. in 3 genera our area, ~270 spp. in ~50 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Females are large and rounded and have segmented bodies. Legs may be well developed or reduced.
Range
Worldwide
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.ScaleNet
2.Miller D., Rung A., Parikh G., Venable G., Redford A.J., Evans G.A., Gill R.J. (2014) Scale Insects, 2nd ed.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 March, 2011 - 8:59am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 8:13pm

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