Biology:Conchaspididae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Conchaspididae Green, 1896 |
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Conchaspididae is a small family of scale insects known as false armoured scales because of their resemblance to Diaspididae (but not incorporating exuviae on their body).[2]
Description
Members of the family Conchaspididae secrete a waxy scale, in common with other scale insects, but the secreted scale does not include the exuviae.[3]
Ecology
Five of the 30 species are parasites on palms, but none are considered pests.[4] Conchaspis cordiae infests mahogany trees and has been accidentally introduced to Florida from the Caribbean, but does not appear to cause serious damage.[2]
Taxonomic history
Carl Linnaeus described a single member of the family, now called Conchaspis capensis, in his Centuria Insectorum, but no further species were described until the 1890s.[5] Eleven of the 29 species currently recognised were insects from Madagascar , described by Raymond Mamet. This probably reflects the sampling effort rather than a particular diversity of conchaspidid scale insects on Madagascar.[5]
Conchaspididae was first recognised as a subfamily of the family Coccidae, but it was raised to the rank of family by Gordon Floyd Ferris in 1937.[5]
References
- ↑ D. J. Williams (1992). "A new genus and species of Conchaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from Florida, remarkable in lacking legs". Journal of Natural History 26 (6): 1325–1331. doi:10.1080/00222939200770751.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John L. Capinera, ed (2008). "West Indies Mahogany Scale, Conchaspis cordiae Mamet (Hemiptera, Conchaspididae)". Encyclopedia of Entomology, Volume 1. Gale virtual reference library (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 2265–2266. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC.
- ↑ Gordon Floyd Ferris (1955). "Conchaspididae". Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, Volume VII. Stanford University Press. pp. 66–68. ISBN 978-0-8047-1667-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=RAurAAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ F. W. Howard; D. Moore; R. M. Giblin-Davis; R. G. Abad (2001). "Conchaspididae". Insects on palms. CABI Publishing Series. CAB International. pp. 189. ISBN 978-0-85199-326-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=IL5jorrwFLYC.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Yair Ben-Dov (2006). "Conchaspididae". A systematic catalogue of eight scale insect families (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the world: Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Beesoniidae, Carayonemidae, Conchaspididae, Dactylopiidae, Kerriidae and Lecanodiaspididae. Elsevier. pp. 183. ISBN 978-0-444-52836-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=qBAHchSfZJIC.
Wikidata ☰ Q1936047 entry
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