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Family Coccidae - Soft Scale Insects

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 Coccidae - Soft Scale Insects

Genus Ceroplastes - Wax Scales
Genus Coccus
Genus Eucalymnatus
Genus Eulecanium
Genus Luzulaspis
Genus Milviscutulus
Genus Neolecanium
Genus Parthenolecanium
Genus Phalacrococcus
Genus Prococcus
Genus Protopulvinaria
Genus Pseudokermes
Genus Pulvinaria - Cottony Scales
Genus Pulvinariella
Genus Saissetia
Genus Toumeyella

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