Xylococcidae

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Xylococcidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Xylococcidae
Pergrande, 1898

Xylococcidae is a family of scales and mealybugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 4 genera and about 11 described species in Xylococcidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Genera

These four genera belong to the family Xylococcidae:

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References

  1. "Xylococcidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. (2019). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi: 10.1093/database/bav118 . Retrieved 2019-10-24.

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