Species list, Checklist of Family Dactylopiidae (Cochineal insects) for South Asia (Asia)

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Checklist for Family Dactylopiidae Signoret, 1875 (Cochineal insects)
and region South Asia (Asia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	816 19624 105366	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	812 19606 105335	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	775 19334 104374	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	185 3782 16326	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	138 3350 15061	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Sternorrhyncha Amyot & Serville, 1843 Aphids, Coccids, Jumping Plant Lice, Mealybugs, Psyllids	44 626 2435	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Coccoidea Handlirsch, 1903 Coccids, Mealy Bugs, Mealybugs, Scale Insects, Scales	32 372 1561	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Dactylopiidae Signoret, 1875 Cochineal insects, Cochineal scales, Cochineals	1 6	Genus Species	Taxom

Genera for South Asia
1 Genera with 6 Species

Cochineals

Species

Species list for South Asia
6 Species

Dactylopius ceylonicus Green, 1896	Cochineal
Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1835	Carmine scale
Dactylopius confusus Cockerell, 1893	Barbary fig cochineal scale
Dactylopius crotonis (Green, 1906)	⇒ Planococcus lilacinus Cockerell, 1905
Dactylopius opuntiae Cockerell, 1896	Cochineal scale
Dactylopius tomentosus Lamark, 1801	Devil´s rope pear cochineal

Links, sources and further information

Dactylopiidae at gbif.org
Dactylopiidae at irmng.org
Dactylopiidae at itis.gov