Family HALIMOCOCCIDAE
Introduction
The hosts of Halimococcidae are Arecaceae and Pandanaceae and the family may be a relict of a larger one when palms were more widely distributed (Williams 1984).
The described Australian fauna comprises one genus and two species, one from Lord Howe Island.
References
Williams, D.J. 1984. Some aspects of the zoogeography of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Verh. X Int. Symp. Entomofaunistik Mitteleur. 331–330 pp.
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. Carlton : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 pp. xiii 542