scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...
s belonging to the family
Monophlebidae
Monophlebidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the giant scales or monophlebids. They occur in most parts of the world but more genera are found in the tropics than elsewhere. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cockerell in 1895 as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
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Icerya
''Icerya'' is a genus of scale insects in the family Monophlebidae. It is named after physician-naturalist Dr. Edmond Icery of British Mauritius.
Hermaphroditism
Hermaphroditism is extremely rare in the insect world despite the comparatively com ...
''. It was elevated to a genus in 1899, synonymized in 1926, and revived as a genus in 2008.
List of species
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Crypticerya abrahami
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
Crypticerya colimensis
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
Crypticerya genistae
''Crypticerya genistae'' is a species of giant scale insect in the tribe Iceryini. Adult females somewhat resemble the widespread ''Icerya purchasi'' (cottony cushion scale), having a light orange body, black
legs and a white fluted ovisac. Howev ...
'' (Hempel, 1912)
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Crypticerya littoralis
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
Crypticerya minima
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
Crypticerya morrilli
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
Crypticerya ovivivipara
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2018)
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Crypticerya palmeri
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Riley & Howard, 1890)
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Crypticerya pimentae
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Newstead, 1917)
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Crypticerya rileyi
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Cockerell, 1895)
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Crypticerya rosae
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Riley & Howard, 1890)
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Crypticerya similis
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Morrison, 1927)
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Crypticerya subandina
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Leonardi, 1911)
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Crypticerya tabernicola
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Ferris, 1921)
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Crypticerya thibaudi
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Foldi, 2010)
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Crypticerya townsendi
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...
'' (Cockerell, 1896)
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Crypticerya tuberculata
''Crypticerya'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. , there are 28 described species.
History
The name was established by Cocke ...