Family Diaspididae Targioni Tozzetti 1868 (armoured scale insect)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Diaspididae
Parent taxon: Neococcoidea according to J. Szwedo 2018
See also Harris et al. 2007, Tosolini and Pole 2010, Vea and Grimaldi 2015 and Wappler and Ben-Dov 2008
Sister taxa: Albicoccidae, Coccidae, Eriococcidae, Hodgsonicoccidae, Inkaidae, Kermesidae, Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecidae
Subtaxa: Aspidiotinae Normarkicoccus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Germany (5), India (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (6), New Zealand (2)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences