COCCIDAE
(soft scales)

COCCIDAE (soft scales) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCIDAE (soft scales) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Coccus
a genus of bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 15 trophisms
Cryptococcus
a genus of scalebugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Eulecanium
a genus of soft scales
Genus 2 subtaxa 7 trophisms 3 references
Lepidosaphes
a genus of mussel scales
Genus 2 subtaxa 17 trophisms 1 references
Lichtensia viburni
Viburnum Scale
Species 1 trophisms
Parthenolecanium
a genus of scale insects
Genus 5 subtaxa 95 trophisms 1 references
Pseudochermes fraxini
Ash Bark Scale
Species 1 references
Pulvinaria
a genus of scale insects
Genus 4 subtaxa 80 trophisms 5 references
Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi
Ice Plant Scale Insect
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Saissetia coffeae
Hemispherical Scale
Species 22 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOCCIDAE (soft scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COCCIDAE (soft scales)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Newstead, R. 1901 Monograph of the Coccidæ of the British Isles Vols 78 & 80, 200+5+34; 270+1+41pp, The Ray Society, London

COCCIDAE (soft scales) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to COCCIDAE (soft scales):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of COCCIDAE (soft scales)
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