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Checklist for Family Coccidae Stephens, 1829 (soft scale)
and region Northern South America (South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
840
24886
144846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
837
24869
144808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
24445
142884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
180
3603
17029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
127
3105
14429
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Sternorrhyncha
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Aphids, Coccids, Jumping Plant Lice, Mealybugs, Psyllids
32
399
1289
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Coccoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
Coccids, Mealy Bugs, Mealybugs, Scale Insects, Scales
21
228
770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCoccidae
Stephens, 1829
Soft scale, Soft Scale Insects, Soft scales, Wax scales
53
226
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern South America
53 Genera with 226 Species
#ACEHIKLMNPSTV
Akermes Cockerell, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Alecanochiton Hempel, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Alichtensia Cockerell, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Anopulvinaria Fonseca, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Cardiococcus Cockerell, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceroplastes Gray, 1900Wax Scales65SpeciesTaxom
Ceroplastidia Cockerell, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceroplastodes Cockerell, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Coccus Linnaeus, 188918SpeciesTaxom
Cryptinglisia Cockerell, 20182SpeciesTaxom
Cryptostigma Ferris, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Edwallia Hempel, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Ericerus Guérin-Ménev..., 18481SpeciesTaxom
Etiennea Matile-Ferrero, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Eucalymnatus Cockerell, 187312SpeciesTaxom
Eulecanium Cockerell, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Eutaxia Green, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Hemilecanium Newstead, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Inglisia Maskell, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Kilifia De Lotto, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Lecanium colae. Green..., 19001SpeciesTaxom
Lichtensia Signoret, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Luzulaspis Cockerell, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Mariacoccus Hodgson and ..., 19021SpeciesTaxom
Megalecanium Hempel, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Megasaissetia Cockerell, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Mesolecanium Cockerell, 192015SpeciesTaxom
Millericoccus Avasthi & Sh..., 19251SpeciesTaxom
Milviscutulus Williams & W..., 18891SpeciesTaxom
Neolecanium Parrott, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Neolecanochiton Hempel, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Neotoumeyella Kondo & Will..., 2009
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralecanium Cockerell, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Parapulvinaria Pinto Da Fon..., 19691SpeciesTaxom
Parasaissetia Takahashi, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Parthenolecanium ?ulc, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Pendularia Fonseca, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Perilecanium Fonseca, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Pharangococcus Hodgson & Ma..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Philephedra Cockerell, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Platinglisia Cockerell, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Protopulvinaria Cockerell, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Pseudalichtensia Hempel, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pseudokermes Cockerell, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophilippia Cockerell, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Pulvinaria Targioni-Toz..., 1758Cottony Scales23SpeciesTaxom
Pulvinella Hempel, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Saissetia Deplanche, 190018SpeciesTaxom
Stictolecanium Cockerell, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Tectopulvinaria Hempel, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Tillancoccus Ben-Dov, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Toumeyella Cockerell, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Vinsonia Signoret, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern South America
226 Species and 1 Subspecies
Akermes bruneri Cockerell, 1902
Akermes colombiensis Kondo & Will..., 2004
Akermes monilis Cockerell, 1895
Akermes riograndensis Hempel, 1932
Alecanochiton marquesi Hempel, 1921Marques' soft scale
Alichtensia attenuata Hempel, 1900
Alichtensia couturieri Hodgson & Ma..., 2002
Anopulvinaria cephalocarinata Fonseca, 1972
Ceroplastes actiniformis Green, 1896Date palm soft scale
Ceroplastes agrestis Hempel, 1932
Ceroplastes albolineatus albolineatus Cockerell, 1894Thick wax scale
Ceroplastes amazonicus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes avicenniae Newstead, 1917
Ceroplastes bernardensis Cockerell, 1902
Ceroplastes bicolor (Hempel, 1901)⇒ Ceroplastes mosquerai Ben-Dov, 1993
Ceroplastes boyacensis Mosquera, 1979
Ceroplastes bruneri Cockerell & ..., 1902
Ceroplastes campinensis Hempel, 1901
Ceroplastes cassiae Chavannes, 1848
Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917
Ceroplastes circumdatus Green, 1923
Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881Barnacle scale
Ceroplastes combreti Brain, 1920
Ceroplastes communis Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes confluens Cockerell & ..., 1898
Ceroplastes cultus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes cundinamarcensis Mosquera, 1979
Ceroplastes cuneatus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes deciduosus Morrison, 1919
Ceroplastes deodorensis Hempel, 1937
Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917Citrus waxy scale
Ceroplastes diospyros Hempel, 1928
Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein, 1885Duges wax scale
Ceroplastes excaecariae Hempel, 1912
Ceroplastes fairmairii Signoret, 1872
Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881Cochonilha-cerosa
Ceroplastes flosculoides Matile-Ferrero, 1993
Ceroplastes formicarius Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes formosus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes fumidus De Lotto, 1978
Ceroplastes glomeratus Peronti, 2008
Ceroplastes grandis Hempel, 1900Large wax scale
Ceroplastes gregarius Hempel, 1932
Ceroplastes iheringi Cockerell, 1895
Ceroplastes immanis Green, 1935
Ceroplastes itatiayensis Hempel, 1938
Ceroplastes janeirensis Gray, 1828Guava wax scale
Ceroplastes japonicus Green, 1921Fig wax scale
Ceroplastes lepagei Costa Lima, 1940
Ceroplastes longiseta Leonardi, 1911
Ceroplastes lucidus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes martinae Mosquera, 1979
Ceroplastes mierii Targioni Toz..., 1866
Ceroplastes mosquerai Ben-Dov, 1993
Ceroplastes novaesi Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes ocreus Mosquera, 1984
Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green, 1935Horned wax scale
Ceroplastes psidii Chavannes, 1848
Ceroplastes purpureus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes quadratus Green, 1935
Ceroplastes rarus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes rhizophorae Hempel, 1918
Ceroplastes rotundus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, 1893Pink Wax Scale
Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Ceroplastes japonicus Green, 1921
Ceroplastes sanguineus Cockerell, 1905
Ceroplastes schrottkyi Cockerell, 1905
Ceroplastes simplex (Hempel, 1900)⇒ Ceroplastes fumidus De Lotto, 1978
Ceroplastes sinensis Del Guercio, 1900Caparreta Blanca
Ceroplastes speciosus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastes titschaki Lindinger, 1942
Ceroplastes trochezi Mosquera, 1979
Ceroplastes variegatus Hempel, 1900
Ceroplastodes bahiensis Bondar, 1925
Ceroplastodes costa-lima
Ceroplastodes costalimae (Bondar, 1925)⇒ Millericoccus costalimai Bondar, 1925
Ceroplastodes melzeri Bondar, 1925
Ceroplastodes theobromae Bondar, 1925
Coccus aequale Newstead, 1917
Coccus alpinus De Lotto, 1960
Coccus asiaticus Lindinger, 1932
Coccus brasiliensis Fonseca, 1957
Coccus caudatus (Walker, 1852)⇒ Coccus asiaticus Lindinger, 1932
Coccus deformosum Newstead, 1920
Coccus erythrinae Ihering, 1897
Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758Brown soft scale
Coccus inquilinum Newstead, 1920
Coccus insolens King, 1902
Coccus jaculator Green & Laing, 1924
Coccus leurus De Lotto, 1966
Coccus lizeri Fonseca, 1957
Coccus longulus Douglas, 1887Long Brown Scale
Coccus moestus De Lotto, 1959Moestus soft scale
Coccus paradeformosum Fonseca, 1975
Coccus pseudohesperidum Cockerell, 1895Orchid soft scale
Coccus viridis Green, 1889Coffee green scale
Cryptinglisia corpoica Kondo & Montes, 2018
Cryptinglisia ica Montes & Kondo, 2018
Cryptostigma biorbiculus Morrison, 1929
Cryptostigma chacoensis Kondo, 2010
Cryptostigma longinoi Kondo, 2010
Cryptostigma quinquepori Newstead, 1917
Cryptostigma saundersi Laing, 1925
Edwallia rugosa Hempel, 1899
Ericerus pela Chavannes, 1848China wax scale
Etiennea montrichardiae Newstead, 1920
Eucalymnatus brunfelsiae Hempel, 1900
Eucalymnatus chelonioides Newstead, 1917
Eucalymnatus decemplex Newstead, 1920
Eucalymnatus delicatus Hempel, 1937
Eucalymnatus hempeli Costa Lima, 1923
Eucalymnatus hirsutus Hempel, 1937
Eucalymnatus itanhaensis Mendes, 1931
Eucalymnatus magarinosi Costa Lima, 1923
Eucalymnatus rigidus Hempel, 1937
Eucalymnatus scutigerus Costa Lima, 1930
Eucalymnatus spinosus Costa Lima, 1923
Eucalymnatus tessellatus Signoret, 1873Cochonilha-reticulata
Eulecanium eugeniae Hempel, 1900
Eulecanium melzeri Hempel, 1920
Eutaxia moreirae Green, 1926
Eutaxia moreirai Green, 1926
Hemilecanium guanabana Kondo & Hodgson, 2013Soursop giant soft scale
Inglisia australis Hempel, 1937
Inglisia vitrea (Cockerell, 1894)⇒ Pseudokermes vitreus Cockerell, 1894
Kilifia acuminata Signoret, 1873Acuminate scale
Lecanium eugeniae (Hempel, 1900)⇒ Eulecanium eugeniae Hempel, 1900
Lichtensia argentata Hempel, 1900
Lichtensia schini Hempel, 1932
Luzulaspis saueri Lepage & Gia..., 1944
Mariacoccus marianus Cockerell, 1902
Megalecanium testudinis Hempel, 1920
Megasaissetia brasiliensis Hempel, 1912
Megasaissetia nectandrae Hempel, 1918
Mesolecanium argaformis Hempel, 1920
Mesolecanium baccharidis Cockerell, 1895
Mesolecanium campomanesiae Hempel, 1900
Mesolecanium ferum Hempel, 1920
Mesolecanium impar Cockerell, 1898
Mesolecanium inflatum Hempel, 1904
Mesolecanium jaboticabae Hempel, 1900
Mesolecanium lucidum Hempel, 1912
Mesolecanium marmoratum Hempel, 1920
Mesolecanium mayteni Hempel, 1900
Mesolecanium obscurum Hempel, 1900
Mesolecanium planum Hempel, 1932
Mesolecanium pseudosemen Cockerell, 1895
Mesolecanium rhizophorae Cockerell, 1898
Mesolecanium uvicola Hempel, 1920
Millericoccus costalimai Bondar, 1925
Milviscutulus mangiferae Green, 1889Mango shield scale
Neolecanium amazonensis Foldi, 1988
Neolecanium perconvexum Cockerell, 1898
Neolecanium silveirai Hempel, 1900
Neolecanium subterraneum Hempel, 1918
Neolecanium urichi Cockerell, 1894
Neolecanochiton grevilleae Hempel, 1932
Paralecanium marianum Cockerell, 1902
Parapulvinaria cassariae Fonseca, 1969
Parasaissetia nigra Nietner, 1861Black coffee scale
Parthenolecanium perlatum Cockerell, 1898
Pendularia pendens Fonseca, 1927
Perilecanium ocultus Fonseca, 1962
Perilecanium transparens Hempel, 1937
Perilecanium urbanus Fonseca, 1969
Pharangococcus iquitosensis Hodgson & Ma..., 2002
Philephedra broadwayi Newstead, 1920None
Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill, 1985Papaya scale
Platinglisia noacki Cockerell, 1899
Protopulvinaria convexa (Hempel, 1900)⇒ Pulvinaria convexa Hempel, 1900
Protopulvinaria longivalvata Green, 1909Protopulvinarialongivalvata
Protopulvinaria pyriformis Cockerell, 1894Mealy shield scale
Pseudalichtensia brasiliae Hempel, 1928
Pseudokermes marginatus Newstead, 1920
Pseudokermes nitens Cockerell, 1895
Pseudokermes palmae Hempel, 1937
Pseudokermes vitreus Cockerell, 1894Glassy Scale
Pseudophilippia lanigera Hempel, 1900
Pulvinaria (Protopulvinaria) convexa Hempel, 1900
Pulvinaria alboinducta Fonseca, 1962
Pulvinaria areolata Fonseca, 1969
Pulvinaria brevicornis Newstead, 1920
Pulvinaria decorata Borchsenius, 1957Cottony Sydney Scale
Pulvinaria depressa Hempel, 1900
Pulvinaria elongata (Newstead, 1917)⇒ Pulvinaria tenuivalvata Newstead, 1911
Pulvinaria eryngii Fonseca, 1973
Pulvinaria eugeniae Hempel, 1900Jaboticaba scale
Pulvinaria ficus Hempel, 1900
Pulvinaria flavescens Brethes, 1918
Pulvinaria globosa Fonseca, 1962
Pulvinaria grandis Hempel, 1900
Pulvinaria iceryi Signoret, 1869Cottony grass scale
Pulvinaria justaserpentina Fonseca, 1973
Pulvinaria ornata (Hempel, 1912)⇒ Pulvinaria decorata Borchsenius, 1957
Pulvinaria paranaensis Hempel, 1928
Pulvinaria psidii Maskell, 1893Green Shield Scale
Pulvinaria pulchella (Hempel, 1899)⇒ Pulvinella pulchella Hempel, 1899
Pulvinaria simulans Cockerell, 1894
Pulvinaria tenuivalvata Newstead, 1911Cottony grass scale
Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell, 1893Capsicum mealy scale
Pulvinaria vitis Linnaeus, 1758Cottony Grape Scale
Pulvinella pulchella Hempel, 1899
Saissetia anonae Hempel, 1921
Saissetia coffeae Walker, 1852Brown coffee scale
Saissetia discoides Hempel, 1900
Saissetia dura Hempel, 1900
Saissetia glanulosa Hempel, 1900
Saissetia hurae Newstead, 1917
Saissetia infrequens Hempel, 1900
Saissetia lucida Hempel, 1912
Saissetia minensis Hempel, 1932
Saissetia miranda Cockerell & ..., 1899Mexican black scale
Saissetia neglecta De Lotto, 1969Caribbean black scale
Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Saissetia persimilis Newstead, 1917
Saissetia persimilis Newstead, 1917
Saissetia reticulata Cockerell, 1895
Saissetia scutata Newstead, 1917
Saissetia socialis Hempel, 1932
Saissetia vellozoi Vernalha, 1957
Saissetia zanthoxylum Hempel, 1900
Stictolecanium ornatum Hempel, 1900
Tectopulvinaria albata Hempel, 1900
Tillancoccus koreguajae Caballero an..., 2017
Toumeyella nectandrae Hempel, 1929
Toumeyella paulista Hempel, 1932
Vinsonia stellifera Westwood, 1871Stellate Scale

Subnodes of Coccidae with occurrences in Northern South America
SubfamilyCeroplastinae
Atkinson, 1886
1
65
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoccinae
Fallen, 1814
5
61
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMyzolecaniinae
Hodgson, 1994
6
19
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Coccidae at artfakta.se
Coccidae at dyntaxa.se
Coccidae at gbif.org
Coccidae at irmng.org
Coccidae at itis.gov