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Tachardiidae  Green, 1896
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1268170

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Lacciferidae Cockerell, 1924
  
    Kerriidae Lindinger, 1937
  
    Austrotachardiini Chamberlin, 1925
  
    Tachardinini Chamberlin, 1923
  
    Tachardielli Chamberlin, 1925
  
    Tachardiellina Chamberlin, 1925
  
  Common Name(s): Lac scales [English]
  
    Lac insects [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                        FamilyTachardiidae Green, 1896 – Lac scales, Lac insects  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Afrotachardina Chamberlin, 1923  
                                           Genus Albotachardina Zhang, 1992  
                                           Genus Austrotachardia Chamberlin, 1923  
                                           Genus Austrotachardiella Chamberlin, 1923  
                                           Genus Kerria Targioni Tozzetti, 1884  
                                           Genus Metatachardia Chamberlin, 1923  
                                           Genus Neotachardiella Kondo, Peronti and Pacheco da Silva, 2025  
                                           Genus Paratachardina Balachowsky, 1950  
                                           Genus Tachardiella Cockerell, 1901  
                                           Genus Tachardina Cockerell, 1901  
       

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  Source: ScaleNet, 7/2025, 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   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Although Tachardiidae Green 1896 is senior to Kerriidae Lindinger 1937, some workers advocate for retaining Kerriidae as being 'in prevailing usage' (which is not clearly defined), others assert that neither name qualifies as being in prevailing usage, so chronological priority must be followed (unless the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature can be convinced to rule in favor of Kerriidae). Pending further information, ITIS is following priority  
 

 

    

 
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