Coccoidea
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Coccus_viridis.jpg.webp)
Coccus viridis (green scale)
Etymology 1
Coccus + -oidea
Proper noun
Coccoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hemiptera – the scale insects, including the mealy bugs.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Beesoniidae, Callipappidae, Carayonemidae, Cerococcidae, Coccidae, Coelostomidiidae, Conchaspididae, Dactylopiidae, Diaspididae, Eriococcidae(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.), Halimococcidae, Kermesidae, Kerriidae, Kuwaniidae, Lecanodiaspididae, Marchalinidae, Margarodidae, Matsucoccidae, Micrococcidae, Monophlebidae, Ortheziidae, Phenacoleachiidae, Phoenicococcidae, Pityococcidae, Pseudococcidae, Putoidae, Rhizoecidae, Steingeliidae, Stictococcidae, Stigmacoccidae, Xylococcidae (families)- Arnoldidae, Electrococcidae, Grimaldiellidae, Grimaldiellidae, Grohnidae, Hammanococcidae, Inkaidae, Jersicoccidae, Kukaspididae, Labiococcidae, Lebanococcidae, Lithuanicoccidae, Pennygullaniidae, Serafinidae, Weitschatidae (extinct families)
References
Coccoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coccoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Coccoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + -oidea.
![](Images/wiktionary/Scale_insect.jpg.webp)
Proper noun
Coccoidea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Coccoideaceae – certain ascomycetes.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coccoidea quercicola, Coccoidea sinobambusae, Coccoidea verrucosa (species)
References
Coccoideaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coccoidea (Coccoideaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dothideomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Coccoidea at Encyclopedia of Life
- Coccoidea at MycoBank
- Coccoidea at the Catalogue of Life