Coccoidea

Translingual

Coccus viridis (green scale)

Etymology 1

Coccus +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Coccoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hemiptera – scale insects, including 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, 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
• Category:Coccoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Coccoidea f

1. 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
• Category:Dothideomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Coccoidea at Encyclopedia of Life
• Coccoidea at MycoBank
• Coccoidea at the Catalogue of Life