The

scale insect Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than th ...

genus ''Margarodes'' is a group in the family

Margarodidae The Margarodidae (illegitimately as Margodidae) or ground pearls are a family of scale insects within the superfamily Coccoidea. Members of the family include the Polish cochineal and Armenian cochineal (genus ''Porphyrophora'') and the original ...

. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

is ''Margarodes formicarum''. The genus was erected in 1828 by

Lansdown Guilding Lansdown Guilding (9 May 1797 – 22 October 1831) was a theologian and naturalist. He is best known for his works on the flora and fauna of St Vincent in particular and on the Caribbean in general. He wrote numerous illustrated papers for journal ...

who found these waxy "pearls" in the soil on the island of

Bahama The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

, associated with ants, and named a species ''Margarodes formicarum''.

Species

* ''Margarodes aurelianus'' Hall, 1945 * ''Margarodes australis'' Jakubski, 1965 * ''Margarodes basrahensis'' Jakubski, 1965 * ''Margarodes capensis'' Giard, 1897 * ''Margarodes carvalhoi'' Costa, 1950 * ''Margarodes chukar'' La, 1967 * ''Margarodes congolensis'' Jakubski, 1965 * ''Margarodes dactyloides'' McDaniel, 1966 * ''Margarodes floridanus'' Jakubski, 1965 * ''Margarodes formicarum'' Guilding, 1829 * ''Margarodes gallicus'' Signoret, 1876 * ''Margarodes gimenezi'' Podtiaguin, 1941 * ''Margarodes greeni'' Brain, 1915 * ''Margarodes morrisoni'' McDaniel, 1965 * ''Margarodes newsteadi'' Brain, 1915 * ''Margarodes papillosus'' Green, 1912 * ''Margarodes paulistus'' Silvestri, 1939 * ''Margarodes peringueyi'' Brain, 1915 * ''Margarodes perrisii'' Signoret, 1876 * ''Margarodes prieskaensis'' Jakubski, 1965 * ''Margarodes rileyi'' Giard, 1897 * ''Margarodes ruber'' Brain, 1915 * ''Margarodes salisburiensis'' Hall, 1940 * ''Margarodes similis'' Morrison, 1924 * ''Margarodes sinensis'' Silvestri, 1938 * ''Margarodes trimeni'' Giard, 1897 * ''Margarodes upingtonensis'' De, 1983 * ''Margarodes vitis'' Philippi, 1884 * ''Margarodes vredendalensis'' De, 1983 * ''Margarodes williamsi'' Jakubski, 1965

Former species

Scale

* ''Margarodes hameli'' Cockerell, 1902 now '' Porphyrophora hamelii'' * ''Margarodes meridionalis'' Morrison, 1927 now '' Dimargarodes meridionalis'' * ''Margarodes polonicus'' Cockerell, 1902 now ''

Porphyrophora polonica The scale insect genus ''Porphyrophora'' is a large group in the family Margarodidae The Margarodidae (illegitimately as Margodidae) or ground pearls are a family of scale insects within the superfamily Coccoidea. Members of the family includ ...

Moths

* ''Margarodes beryllalis'' (''Margarodes beryttalis'') Guenée, 1854 now '' Stemorrhages sericea'' * ''Margarodes exaula'' Meyrick, 1888 now '' Stemorrhages exaula'' * ''Margarodes indica'' now '' Diaphania indica'' * ''Margarodes nigropunctalis'' Bremer, 1864 now '' Palpita nigropunctalis'' * ''Margarodes sericeolalis'' Guenée, 1862 now '' Stemorrhages sericea''

References

Endemic fauna of the Bahamas Margarodidae Sternorrhyncha genera {{Coccoidea-stub