COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aondia lauri
(Bay Scale)
Species 1 ident. refs
ASTEROLECANIIDAE
pit scales
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Asterodiaspis
a genus of bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Aulacaspis rosae
Scurfy Scale, Rose Scale
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 images
Aulacaspis yasumatsui
(Cycad Scale)
Species 1 ident. refs
Ceroplastes floridensis
(Forida Wax Scale)
Species 1 ident. refs
COCCIDAE
soft scales
(Click to open)
 		Family 11 subtaxa 34 images 13 ident. refs
DIASPIDIDAE
armoured scales
(Click to open)
 		Family 2 subtaxa 7 images 2 ident. refs
ERIOCOCCIDAE
felt scales
Family 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
MONOPLEBIDAE
giant scales
Family 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
ORTHEZIIDAE
ensign scales
(Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 2 images 1 ident. refs
PSEUDOCOCCIDAE
mealybugs
(Click to open)
 		Family 4 subtaxa 19 images 4 ident. refs
Coccoidea (unidentified)
Unidentified Scale Insects, Coccids
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 		Unidentified 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Malumphy, C. Bedfordshire Scale Insects www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/scales/html/index.htm

Families

() Malumphy, C. 2015 Detection and identification of scale insects families (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=13215_06Appendix5Detectionandidentificationofscaleinsectfamilies.pdf

Ferns

() Malumphy, C. 2012 Scale insect pests of ornamental ferns grown indoors in Britain The Pteridologist Vol 5(5): 306-311.

COCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 390 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
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