AuthorMalumphy, C.
Year2015
TitleDetection and identification of scale insects families (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)
TypeDownload
How CompleteWorld families
Sourcehttp://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=13215_06Appendix5Detectionandidentificationofscaleinsectfamilies.pdf
IllustrationsColour photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)A guide for workers in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) to detect and identify scale insects to family level.
Examine Stereo Microscope ( Compound Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationCanada balsam mounts of macerated female specimens.
Website urlrandd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=13215_06Appendix5Detectionandidentificationofscaleinsectfamilies.pdf

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCOCCOIDEAscale insects, coccidsAnimalia: Hemiptera
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