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The classification of scale insects is unsettled and currently is evolving. It has been based almost entirely on the morphology of the degenerate adult females and as such is somewhat inadequate. At present there are serious discrepancies even at the familial and generic levels. More intensive studies on the poorly-known immature stages and on the adult males will assist in improving our present classification system.
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Kosztarab, M., Kozár, F. (1988). Systematic Part. In: Scale Insects of Central Europe. Series Entomologica, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4045-1_2
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