Margarodidae
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| Margarodidae | |
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| Female Porphyrophora hamelii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Margarodidae |
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Margarodidae is a family of scale insects within superfamily Coccoidea. Members of the family include giant coccids (various genera), Polish cochineal (genus Porphyrophora) and ground pearls (genus Margarodes).
[edit] List of genera
- Note: This list is incomplete.
- Desmococcus McKenzie, 1942
- Dimargarodes Silvestri, 1938.
- Eumargarodes
- Eurhizococcus
- Gueriniella Fernald, 1903.
- Heteromargarodes
- Kuwania Cockerell in Fernald, 1903.
- Marchalina Vayssiere, 1923.
- Margarodes Guilding, 1828
- Margarodesia
- Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909.
- Neomargarodes Green, 1914.
- Porphyrophora Brandt, 1833.
- Porphyrophora
- Promargarodes
- Steingelia Nassonov, 1908.
- Termitococcus
- Xylococcus Löw, 1883.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Margarodes spp., ground pearls on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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