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Asterolecaniidae  Berlese, 1898
Taxonomic Serial No.: 109208

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): pit 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  
                                        FamilyAsterolecaniidae Berlese, 1898 – pit scales  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusAsterolecanium Targioni-tozzetti, 1868  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Asterolecaniidae   
       
  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: Asterolecaniidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parker, Sybil P., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms   
  Page(s): 1232   
  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company   
  Publication Place: New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-07-079031-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: pit scales[English]   
       

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