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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Pseudococcidae Sub Family   Description   Mealybugs or pseudococcids Background to Family   Named after the woolly or flaky looking wax that covers the body, mealybugs include native and introduced species. The latter are recorded as pests outside and in glasshouses. Hosts range from grasses to herbs, shrubs and trees, including conifers. Many specis feed on roots, or the bulbs of monocots. Of the Coccoidea, the mealybugs are particularly strongly associated with ants.     No. taxa in DBIF   45 No. interactions   172 % interactions with British data   see notes No. records   187 % taxa with British data   see notes Notes   The Coccoidea, or scale insects, are highly adapted, sedentary feeders on mostly Angiosperm hosts. Females have neither eyes or wings, and legs and antennae are reduced or absent. The first instar 'crawler' is the dispersive stage, as is the short-lived, winged male. Females usually reproduce parthenogenetically. Most records in the database are derived from the slide collection of The Natural History Museum. ; Geographical sources of the records refer to both British and foreign regions. They indicate where the scale was recorded and where the host plant originated. Many, if not most, species will be unestablished in the wild in Great Britain.; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1985 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Burges, G. & Gal, T.(1981) Memorie Soc. ent. ital. 60:2 105-110:108 Source   Williams, D.J.(1985) Entomologist's Gaz. 36:2 135-144:136 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:15 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:8 Source   Kohler, G. & Naumann, J.(1986) Zool. Jb. (Syst.) 113:1 97-110:104 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:47 Source   Kohler, G. & Naumann, J.(1986) Zool. Jb. (Syst.) 113:1 97-110:101 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:52 Source   Rosenthal, S.S. & Buckingham, G.R.(1982) Hilgardia 50:2 1-19:15 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:21 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:31 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:63 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:54 Source   Williams, D.J.(1984) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 120 227-228:227 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:19 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:24 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:67 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:72 Source   Bognar, S. & Vinis, G.(1979) Acta Agron. Hung. 28 13-26:15 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:39 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:35 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:11 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:17 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:50 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:43 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:69 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:59 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:61 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:37 Source   () Hemiptera: Coccoidea Slide Collection : Source   McKenzie, H.L. (1967) Mealybugs of California 1-525:93 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:9 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:26 Source   Dantsig, Ye.M.(1983) Ent. Obozr. 62 68-79:74 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:29 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:41 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:40 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:45 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:32 Source   Cox, J.M. & Ben-Dov, Y.(1986) Bull. Ent. Res. 76 481-489:485 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:34 Source   Bartlett, P.W.(1981) Pl. Path. 30 56-58:56 Source   Cox, J.M. & Ben-Dov, Y.(1986) Bull. Ent. Res. 76 481-489:483 Source   Williams, D.J.(1962) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., B. 12:1 1-79:23