Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Coccoidea (Coccids) for Central America (America)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	710 16581 69850	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	706 16571 69836	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	676 16352 68957	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	172 2372 8025	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	118 2051 7002	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Sternorrhyncha Amyot & Serville, 1843 Aphids, Coccids, Jumping Plant Lice, Mealybugs, Psyllids	30 304 978	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903 Coccids, Mealy Bugs, Mealybugs, Scale Insects, Scales	20 188 604	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Central America
20 Families width 604 Species and 8 Subspecies

Aclerdidae Ferris, 1937	Aclerdid scales	11	Species	Taxom
Asterolecaniidae Cockerell, 1896	Asterolecaniids	31	Species	Taxom
Cerococcidae Balachowsky, 1942	Cerococcids	7	Species	Taxom
Coccidae Stephens, 1829	Soft scale	118	Species	Taxom
Conchaspididae Green, 1896	False armored scales	3	Species	Taxom
Dactylopiidae Signoret, 1875	Cochineal insects	6	Species	Taxom
Diaspididae Maskell, 1878	Armored scale insects	167	Species	Taxom
Eriococcidae Cockerell, 1899	Eriococcid scales	32	Species	Taxom
Halimococcidae Brown & McKe..., 1962	Halimococcids	3	Species	Taxom
Kermesidae Signoret, 1875	Gall-like Scale Insects	5	Species	Taxom
Kuwaniidae MacGillvray, 1921		2	Species	Taxom
Lecanodiaspididae Borchsenius, 1965	False pit scales	6	Species	Taxom
Margarodidae Newstead, 1901	Cottony cushion scales	2	Species	Taxom
Matsucoccidae Morrison, 1927	Pine bark scales	4	Species	Taxom
Monophlebidae Signoret, 1875	Giant scale	39	Species	Taxom
Ortheziidae Green, 1896	Ensign coccids	36	Species	Taxom
Pseudococcidae Heymons, 1915	Mealy Bugs	82	Species	Taxom
Putoidae Beardsley, 1969	Giant mealybugs	14	Species	Taxom
Rhizoecidae Williams, 1969		35	Species	Taxom
Stigmacoccidae Morrison giv..., 2006		1	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Coccoidea with occurrences in Central America

Family	Aclerdidae Ferris, 1937 Aclerdid scales, flat grass scales	1 11	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Asterolecaniidae Cockerell, 1896 Asterolecaniids, Pit scales	7 31	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cerococcidae Balachowsky, 1942 Cerococcids, Ornate Pit Scale Insects, Ornate pit scales	2 7	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Coccidae Stephens, 1829 soft scale, Soft Scale Insects, Soft scales, Tortoise scales, Wax scales	39 118	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Conchaspididae Green, 1896 False armored scales, False armoured scales	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Dactylopiidae Signoret, 1875 Cochineal insects, Cochineal scales, Cochineals	1 6	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Diaspididae Maskell, 1878 Armored scale insects, Armored scales, armoured scale insect, Armoured Scales, Diaspidids	66 167	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Eriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 Eriococcid scales, Eriococcids, felt scale, Felt scales, Felted scales, Scales	10 32	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Halimococcidae Brown & McKenzie, 1962 Halimococcids, Pupillarial palm scales	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Kermesidae ♰ Signoret, 1875 Gall-like Scale Insects, gall-like scales	3 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Kuwaniidae ♰ MacGillvray, 1921	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Lecanodiaspididae Borchsenius, 1965 False pit scales, Lecanodiaspidids	1 6	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Margarodidae Newstead, 1901 Cottony cushion scales, Giant coccids, Giant scale insects, Ground pearls	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Matsucoccidae Morrison, 1927 Pine bark scales	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Monophlebidae Signoret, 1875 giant scale, Giant Scale Insects, Giant scales, Monophlebids	11 39	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Ortheziidae Green, 1896 Ensign coccids, ensign scale insect, Ensign scales, Ortheziids	9 36	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pseudococcidae Heymons, 1915 Mealy Bugs, mealybug, Mealybugs	26 82	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Putoidae ♰ Beardsley, 1969 Giant mealybugs, Putoids	1 14	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Rhizoecidae Williams, 1969	3 35	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Stigmacoccidae Morrison given family status by Hodgson & Foldi, 2006	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Coccoidea at artfakta.se
Coccoidea at dyntaxa.se
Coccoidea at itis.gov