Margarodidae
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Margarodidae is a family of scale insects within superfamily Coccoidea. Members of the family include giant coccids (various genera), Polish cochineal
(genus Porphyrophora) and ground pearls (genus Margarodes).
Polish cochineal
Polish cochineal , also known as Polish carmine scales, is a scale insect formerly used to produce a crimson dye of the same name, colloquially known as "Saint John's blood". The larvae of P...
(genus Porphyrophora) and ground pearls (genus Margarodes).
List of genera
- Note: This list is incomplete.
- Desmococcus McKenzie, 1942
- Dimargarodes Silvestri, 1938.
- Eumargarodes
- Eurhizococcus
- Gueriniella Fernald, 1903.
- Heteromargarodes
- Kuwania Cockerell in Fernald, 1903.
- Marchalina Vayssiere, 1923.
- Margarodes Guilding, 1828
- Margarodesia
- Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909.
- Neomargarodes Green, 1914.
- PorphyrophoraPolish cochinealPolish cochineal , also known as Polish carmine scales, is a scale insect formerly used to produce a crimson dye of the same name, colloquially known as "Saint John's blood". The larvae of P...
Brandt, 1833. - Porphyrophora
- Promargarodes
- Steingelia Nassonov, 1908.
- Termitococcus
- XylococcusXylococcus (insect)The scale insect genus Xylococcus is a small group in the family Margarodidae. Some of its constituent species are sometimes placed in a separate genus, Xylococculus....
Löw, 1883.
External links
- Margarodes spp., ground pearls on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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