The soft-scales (Coccidae) are one of about 20 families of the scale insect superfamily Coccoidea. The females are all sap-sucking and all 1100 known species are potential pests in agriculture, horticulture or forestry. This family is amongst the most poorly known although the third largest in the superfamily. This book discusses all known genera and redescribes and illustrates the adult females of the type species of about 160 soft scale genera. No previous revision has covered all world genera. On the basis of this study a new classification of the soft-scales is introduced based on both male and female characters and keys are provided to the identification of the type species (females) of each genus. An introductory chapter describes the basic structure and introduces the terminology. As the females of all Coccoidea are of potential economic importance, this book will be of value to any entomologist who needs to identify soft-scales either for quarantine or for research involving natural enemies for biological control.
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Wallingford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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978-0-85198-882-5 (9780851988825)
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Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College, University of London, UK
1: Morphology and terminology 2: Introduction 3: Illustrations 4: General external structure 4.1: Host-induced differences 4.2: Appearance of unmounted material 4.3: Mounted material 4.4: Structure of dorsum 4.5: Marginal structures 4.6: Structure of venter 4.7: Instar indentification 5: Other information 6: Classification 7: Short history of classification of the family Coccidae 8: Introduction 9: Family Coccidae 10: Subfamily Cardiococcinae 11: Subfamily Ceroplastinae 12: Subfamily Cissococcinae 13: Subfamily Coccinae 13.1: Tribe Coccini 13.2: Tribe Paralecaniini 13.3: Tribe Pulvinariini 13.4: Tribe Saissetiini 14: Subfamily Cyphococcinae 15: Subfamily Eulecaniinae 16: Subfamilies Eriopeltinae and Filippiinae 17: Subfamily Myzolecaniinae 18: Subfamily Pseudopulvinariinae 19: Unplaced Genera 20: List of genera and type species 21: Keys to subfamilies, tribes and genera 22: Key to subfamilies and tribes 23: Key to genera in the Cardiococcinae 24: Key to genera in the Ceroplastinae 25: Key to genera in the Coccini 26: Key to genera in the Paralecaniini 27: Key to genera in the Pulvinariini 28: Key to genera in the Saissetiini 29: Key to genera in the Cyphococcinae 30: Key to genera in the Eulecaniinae 31: Key to genera in the Eriopeltinae + Filippiinae 32: Key to genera in the Myzolecaniinae 33: Descriptions of type species
