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Monophlebidae

Index Monophlebidae

Monophlebidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the giant scales or monophlebids. [1]

18 relations: Animal, Antenna (biology), Arthropod, Biology, Drosicha corpulenta, Hemiptera, Icerya, Icerya purchasi, Insect, Instar, Margarodidae, Monophyly, Morphology (biology), Scale insect, Sternorrhyncha, Tropics, Victor Antoine Signoret, William Miles Maskell.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Antenna (biology)

Antennae (singular: antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers," are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Biology

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development and evolution.

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Drosicha corpulenta

Drosicha corpulenta is a species of giant scale insect in the family Monophlebidae, in the superfamily Coccoidea.

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Hemiptera

The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.

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Icerya

Icerya is a genus of scale insects in the family Monophlebidae.

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Icerya purchasi

Icerya purchasi (common name: cottony cushion scale) is a scale insect that feeds on more than 65 families of woody plants, most notably on Citrus and Pittosporum.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Instar

An instar (from the Latin "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (ecdysis), until sexual maturity is reached.

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Margarodidae

The Margarodidae (illegitimately as Margodidae) or ground pearls (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, giant scale insects) are a family of scale insects within the superfamily Coccoidea.

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Monophyly

In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Scale insect

The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha.

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Sternorrhyncha

The Sternorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains the aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects, groups which were traditionally included in the order Homoptera.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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Victor Antoine Signoret

Victor Antoine Signoret (6 April 1816, Paris – 3 April 1889, Paris) was a French pharmacologist, physician and entomologist.

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William Miles Maskell

William Miles Maskell (5 October 1839 – 1 May 1898) was a New Zealand farmer, politician and entomologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophlebidae

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