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Margarodidae  Cockerell, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1254435

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Margarodidae Newstead, 1901
  
    Porphyrophoridae Signoret, 1875
  
    Eumargarodinae Jakubski, 1965
  
    Margarodinae Cockerell, 1899
  
    Dimargarodini Jakubski, 1965
  
    Eurhizococcini Jakubski, 1965
  
  Common Name(s): ground pearls [English]
  
    giant coccids [English]
  
    cottony cushion scales [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 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  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyMargarodidae Cockerell, 1899 – ground pearls, giant coccids, cottony cushion scales  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Dimargarodes Silvestri, 1938  
                                           Genus Eumargarodes Jakubski, 1950  
                                           Genus Eurhizococcus Silvestri, 1936  
                                           Genus Heteromargarodes Jakubski, 1965  
                                           Genus Margarodes Guilding, 1829  
                                           Genus Margarodesia Foldi, 1981  
                                           Genus Neomargarodes Green, 1914  
                                           Genus Porphyrophora Brandt in Brandt and Ratzeburg, 1833  
                                           Genus Termitococcus Silvestri, 1901  
       

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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Margarodidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, D. J.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) - a supplement   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3616, no. 4   
  Page(s): 325-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.2   
  Reference for: Margarodidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Douglas John  
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: The family-group names of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, vol. 23, no. 8   
  Page(s): 315-341   
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  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313954   
  Reference for: Margarodidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: There is an unresolved priority conflict for the name of the family containing Margarodes Guilding 1829 and Porphyrophora Brandt in Brandt and Ratzeburg, 1833. The name Margarodidae Cockerell, 1899 (originally published as a subfamily) is in use for the family, but there is an older family-group name originally published by Signoret (1875:346) as 'Porphyrophorites' (rank not specified). The first use of this name with a clear rank seems to have been 10 years later, as family Porphyrophoridae. It is unclear at present how this priority issue will be resolved by scale insect workers, but for the moment (early 2025) ITIS will follow their current use of Margarodidae for the family  
 

 

    

 
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