COCCIDAE
(soft scales)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Cryptococcus a genus of scalebugs	Genus			1 ident. refs
Eulecanium a genus of soft scales	Genus	2 subtaxa	10 images	2 ident. refs
Lepidosaphes a genus of mussel scales	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Parthenolecanium a genus of scale insects	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Pseudochermes fraxini Ash Bark Scale	Species			1 ident. refs
Pulvinaria a genus of scale insects	Genus	4 subtaxa	24 images	5 ident. refs
Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi Ice Plant Scale Insect	Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	COCCIDAE (soft scales)
Superfamily	COCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

COCCIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Newstead, R.	1901	Monograph of the Coccidæ of the British Isles	Vols 78 & 80, 200+5+34; 270+1+41pp, The Ray Society, London

COCCIDAE (soft scales) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COCCIDAE (soft scales)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 241 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COCCIDAE (soft scales)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

COCCIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)