Matsucoccidae is a family of
scales
Scale or scales may refer to:
Mathematics
* Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points
* Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of a model to the corresponding dimension of the original
* Scale factor, a number ...
and mealybugs in the order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...
. There are at least 2 genera and more than 40 described species in Matsucoccidae.
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Genera
These two genera belong to the family Matsucoccidae:
* '' Matsucoccus'' Cockerell, 1909
* † '' Eomatsucoccus'' Koteja, 1988
References
Further reading
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Scale insects
Hemiptera families
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