Ortheziidae

Greenhouse orthezia Orthezia insignis, copyright JMK.

Belongs within: Coccinea.

The Ortheziidae are a group of scale insects in which females bear a dorsal anal opening surrounded by six setae and a band of pores. Female antennae have three to eight segments with a stout apical spur on the terminal segment (Carver et al. 1991).

<==Ortheziidae
    |  i. s.: ‘Coccus’ termitinus Menge 1856 K00
    |--Ochyrocoris Menge 1856 K00
    |    `--O. electrina Menge 1856 K00
    |--Protorthezia Koteja 1987 K00
    |    `--P. aurea Koteja 1987 K00
    |--Palaeonewsteadia Koteja 1987 K00
    |    `--P. huaniae Koteja 1987 K00
    |--Nipponorthezia M96
    |    |--N. guadalcanalia CGW91
    |    `--N. obscura M96
    |--Arctorthezia Cockerell 1902 K00
    |    |--A. antiqua Koteja & Żak-Ogaza 1988 K00
    |    `--A. occidentalis GE05
    |--Newsteadia Green 1902 K00
    |    |--N. floccosa CGW91
    |    |--N. succini Koteja & Żak-Ogaza 1988 K00
    |    `--N. tristani M96
    `--Orthezia Bosc d’Antic 1784 [incl. Dorthezia] K00
         |--O. acapulcoa M96
         |--O. cacticola M96
         |--O. cataphracta H44
         |--O. caudata M96
         |--‘Dorthesia’ characias G20
         |--O. ferrisi M96
         |--O. insignis CGW91
         |--O. lasiorum M96
         |--O. mexicana M96
         |--O. occidentalis C01
         |--O. pini M96
         |--O. pinicola M96
         |--O. praelonga M96
         |--O. pseudinsignis M96
         |--O. selaginella M96
         |--O. smythi M96
         `--O. sonorensis M96

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[C01] Cockerell, T. D. A. 1901. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station.—XI. New and little-known insects from New Mexico. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 333–337.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.

[H44] Hammer, M. 1944. Studies on the oribatids and collemboles of Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 141 (3): 1–210.

[K00] Koteja, J. 2000. Advances in the study of fossil coccids (Hemiptera: Coccinea). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 69: 187–218.

[M96] Miller, D. R. 1996. Checklist of the scale insects (Coccoidea: Homoptera) of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (1): 68–86.