Carayonemidae
| Carayonemidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Coccomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Carayonemidae Richard, 1986[1] |
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Carayonemidae is a family of
leaf litter which is unusual for scale insects. Members of this family come from Neotropical areas of South and Central America.[2]
Life cycle
Very little is known about this family, but in one species, the female scale has four instars.[2]
Genera
There are four genera, each with a single known species:
Foldicoccus monikae is flattened and leaf-shaped and the adult has six legs and a pair of antennae.[3]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Carayonemidae.
- Annales de la Société Entomologique de France(in French). 22 (2): 268–273.
- ^ a b UDSA Agricultural Research Service
- ^ Kozár, F. & Z. Konczné Benedicty (2000). "Carayonemidae of the Neotropical Region with the descriptions of new genera and species (Homoptera: Coccoidea)". Folia Entomologica Hungarica. 61: 71–82.