Classification
The following table gives the classification that will be used in this database. Again there is no clear consensus among coccidologists about the status of certain families. For example some believe that species in the genera Cryptococcus and Kuwanina should be placed in a family distinct from the Eriococcidae called the Cryptococcidae. The status of the Putoidae also is controversial; it is not clear whether it should be a separate family or part of the Pseudococcidae. The statistics provided below are only estimates. Only after this project is complete will we have definitive figures.
| Family Name | Estimated Number of Species & Subspecies |
Estimated Number of Genera |
|---|---|---|
| Aclerdidae | 58 | 5 |
| Arnoldidae | 2 | 1 |
| Asterolecaniidae | 246 | 25 |
| Beesoniidae | 15 | 6 |
| Carayonemidae | 4 | 4 |
| Cerococcidae | 72 | 3 |
| Coccidae | 1,157 | 172 |
| Conchaspididae | 30 | 4 |
| Dactylopiidae | 10 | 1 |
| Diaspididae | 2,437 | 400 |
| Electrococcidae | 3 | 2 |
| Eriococcidae | 578 | 80 |
| Grimaldiellidae | 2 | 1 |
| Grohnidae | 1 | 1 |
| Halimococcidae | 21 | 5 |
| Hammanococcidae | 2 | 1 |
| Inkaidae | 1 | 1 |
| Jersicoccidae | 1 | 1 |
| Kermesidae | 91 | 10 |
| Kerriidae | 100 | 9 |
| Kukaspididae | 1 | 1 |
| Labiococcidae | 2 | 2 |
| Lebanococcidae | 1 | 1 |
| Lecanodiaspididae | 82 | 12 |
| Lithuanicoccidae | 2 | 1 |
| Margarodidae | 451 | 74 |
| Micrococcidae | 8 | 2 |
| Ortheziidae | 195 | 20 |
| Pennygullaniidae | 1 | 1 |
| Phenacoleachiidae | 2 | 1 |
| Phoenicococcidae | 2 | 1 |
| Pseudococcidae | 2,246 | 275 |
| Putoidae | 59 | 1 |
| Serafinidae | 1 | 1 |
| Stictococcidae | 16 | 3 |
| Weitschatidae | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 7,902 | 1,129 |