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Definition of Coccidae
1. Noun. Scale insects.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coccoidea, Superfamily Coccoidea
Member holonyms: Soft Scale, Genus Coccus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccidae
Literary usage of Coccidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"coccidae (SCALE-INSECTS). Description of Family. Very minute insects with moniliform
antennae, of 6 to 25 joints ; rostrum rudimentary in the J . $ with 2 ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"This species belongs to the novella group but is very distinct from either novella
or anomala. THREE NEW coccidae OF THE SUBFAMILY ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"There are upwards of 800 species of coccidae at present known.1 The family ...
The classification of Insects so minute as coccidae, and with such extreme ..."
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