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Family Margarodidae - Ground Pearls

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 Margarodidae (Ground Pearls)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

species typically found above ground have been moved to other families (the nearctic spp. mostly to Monophlebidae)(1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Margarodidae Morrison 1928

Numbers

8 spp. in 4 genera our area, ~110 spp. in 10 genera total(3)

Internet References

Fact sheet(4) • Taxon page(5)

Works Cited

1.	Ground pearls: a generic revision of the Margarodidae ... Imre Foldi. 2005. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Vol. 41, No. 1: 81-125.

2.	A review of the Margarodidae sensu Morrison (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) and some related taxa based on the morphology of adult males Chris Hodgson and Imre Foldi. 2006. Zootaxa, Vol. 1263: 1-250.

3.	ScaleNet

4.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

5.	Miller D., Rung A., Parikh G., Venable G., Redford A.J., Evans G.A., Gill R.J. (2014) Scale Insects, 2nd ed.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 12 August, 2004 - 5:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 8:05pm

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