Family of true bugs
Termitaphididae |
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Termitaradus mitnicki female in Dominican amber |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Superfamily: | Aradoidea |
Family: | Termitaphididae Myers, 1924 |
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Termitaphididae, occasionally called termite bugs,[1] is a small tropicopolitan family of true bugs placed in the superfamily Aradoidea. Typically members of Termitaphididae are small, being an average of 2 millimetres (0.079 in)-4 millimetres (0.16 in), and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. Currently the family contains two genera and twelve known species.[2] Members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termite families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae.[2] Of the thirteen known species one Termitaphis circumvallata belongs to the monotypic genus Termitaphis and four of the remaining eleven species in Termitaradus are extinct, having only been found in amber.[2][1] The living species are found worldwide in the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.[2]
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Aleyrodoidea | |
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Aphidoidea (aphids) | |
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Coccoidea (scale insects) | - Aclerdidae
- Asterolecaniidae (pit scales)
- Beesoniidae (beesoniids)
- Carayonemidae (carayonemids)
- Cerococcidae (ornate pit scales)
- Coccidae (soft scales)
- Conchaspididae
- Dactylopiidae (cochineals)
- Diaspididae (armored scales)
- Eriococcidae (felt scales)
- Halimococcidae (pupillarial palm scales)
- Kermesidae
- Kerriidae (lac scales)
- Lecanodiaspididae (false pit scales)
- Margarodidae (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, ground pearls)
- Micrococcidae (Mediterranean scales)
- Monophlebidae (giant scales)
- Ortheziidae (ensign scales)
- Phenacoleachiidae (phenacoleachiids)
- Phoenicococcidae (palm scales)
- Pseudococcidae (mealybugs)
- Putoidae (giant mealybugs)
- Stictococcidae (stictococcids)
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Phylloxeroidea | - Adelgidae (woolly conifer aphids)
- Phylloxeridae (phylloxerans)
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Psylloidea | |
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