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Family CONCHASPIDIDAE

Introduction

The Conchaspididae are Afrotropical and Neotropical in distribution with extensions into the Oriental Region. A single species, Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell, is recorded from Australia.

 

General References

Williams, D.J. 1991. Superfamily Coccoidea. pp. 457–464 in, Chapter 30. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.). pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp.