The Ortheziid Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Ortheziidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Ian Millar

Biosystematics Division, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, P. Bag X134, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

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Family: ORTHEZIIDAE

A single species of Ortheziidae occurs in South Africa (Morrison, 1952). An electronic catalogue of the family Ortheziidae is available at ScaleNet.

  1. Genus: Orthezia
    1. O. insignis Browne, 1887

References

MORRISON, H. 1952.
Classification of the Ortheziidae. Supplement to "Classification of scale insects of the subfamily Ortheziinae." United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1052: 1-80.

This part of A Catalogue of South African Insects revised: