Coccidae, from

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

(''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or " Kermes", are a family of

scale insect Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...

s belonging to the superfamily

Coccoidea Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...

. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth

integument In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, Exoskeleton, shell, germ or Peel (fruit), rind. Etymology The term is derived from ''integumentum'', which is Latin for "a coverin ...

which may be covered with

wax Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40 °C (104 °F), melting to give lo ...

. In some genera they possess legs but in others, they do not, and the antennae may be shortened or missing. The males may be winged or

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Genera

There are >1,100 spp. in 171 genera worldwide. *Subfamily Myzolecaniinae ** '' Akermes'' ** '' Alecanium'' ** '' Alecanopsis'' ** '' Cribolecanium'' ** '' Cryptostigma'' ** '' Cyclolecanium'' ** ''

Halococcus ''Halococcus'' (common abbreviation: ''Hcc.'') is a genus of archaeans in the family Halococcaceae. Ecology ''Halococcus'' is a genus of extreme halophilic archaea, meaning that they require high salt levels, sometimes as high as 32% NaCl, ...

'' ** '' Houardia'' ** '' Megasaissetia'' ** '' Myzolecanium'' ** '' Neolecanium'' ** '' Paractenochiton'' ** '' Pseudophilippia'' ** '' Richardiella'' ** '' Torarchus'' ** '' Toumeyella'' ** '' Xenolecanium'' * '' Antecerococcus'' * '' Ceroplastes'' * ''

Coccus Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archaea ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Eucalymnatus'' Cockerell, 1901 * '' Eulecanium'' * '' Kilifia'' De Lotto, 1965 * '' Lecanium'' *''

Luzulaspis ''Luzulaspis'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Coccidae Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes (insect), Kermes", are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Scale insect, Cocco ...

'' Targioni Tozzetti, 1868 * '' Metaceronema'' * '' Milviscutulus'' * '' Paralecanium'' Cockerell in Cockerell & Parrott 1899 * '' Parasaissetia'' Takahashi 1955 * '' Parthenolecanium'' Šulc 1908 * '' Physokermes'' Targioni Tozzetti 1868 * '' Protopulvinaria'' Cockerell 1894 * '' Pulvinaria'' Targioni-tozzetti, 1867 * ''

Saissetia ''Saissetia'' is a genus of soft scale insects in the family Coccidae Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes (insect), Kermes", are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Scale insect, Coccoid ...

'' Deplanche, 1858

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on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site * Hemiptera families {{Coccidae-stub

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