Family LECANODIASPIDIDAE
Introduction
This small family, possibly of Gondwanan origins (Howell & Kosztarab 1972; Williams 1984), is tropicopolitan with extensions into temperate areas.
The described Australian fauna comprises four genera and 19 species and occurs mainly on endemic trees and some are associated with Rutaceae, including citrus.
References
Howell, J.O. & Kosztarab, M. 1972. Morphology and systematics of the adult females of the genus Lecanodiaspis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Lecanodiaspididae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 70: 1–248
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