Eriococcidae
- Dataset
- A review of neococcid scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) based on the morphology of the adult males
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Eriococcidae
discussion
Introduction. The molecular studies of Cook and Gullan (Cook & Gullan 2004; Gullan & Cook 2007; Kondo et al. 2016) found that there was a clade within the Eriococcidae that included E. buxi, the Australian eriococcid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (1892) (Fig. 43) and the families Beesoniidae and Stictococcidae. In the analysis of Hodgson and Hardy (2013), E. buxi fell within a polytomy which included the acanthococcine eriococcids, possibly because the sensoria on each trochanter are roundish and in a triangle. However, the italicized character-states below separate it quickly from the acanthococcid group, whilst the possession of halteres separates it from the Gondwanan group and from the Stictococcidae and Beesoniidae. These four taxa (E. buxi, Cylindrococcus, Beesoniidae and Stictococcidae are dealt with separately below.