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Coccidae  Stephens, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109199

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): soft scales [English]
  
    tortoise scales [English]
  
    wax scales [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderParaneoptera   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Handlirsch, 1903 – coccids, mealybugs, scales  
                                        FamilyCoccidae Stephens, 1829 – soft scales, tortoise scales, wax scales  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusAntecerococcus   
                                           GenusAspiodiotus   
                                           GenusCeroplastes   
                                           GenusCoccus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                           GenusEucalymnatus Cockerell, 1901  
                                           GenusKilifia De Lotto, 1965  
                                           GenusLecanium   
                                           GenusParasaissetia   
                                           GenusPhenacoccus Cockerell, 1902  
                                           GenusProtopulvinaria   
                                           GenusPulvinaria Targioni-tozzetti, 1867  
                                           GenusSaissetia Deplanche, 1858  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coccidae, soft scales [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McGavin, George C.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bugs of the World   
  Page(s): 192   
  Publisher: Facts on File   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8160-2737-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coccidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zimmerman, Elwood C.   
  Publication Date: 1948   
  Article/Chapter Title: Homoptera: Sternorhyncha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insects of Hawaii, vol. 5   
  Page(s): vii + 464   
  Publisher: University of Hawaii Press   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
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  Reference for: Coccidae   
       

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