A review of neococcid scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) based on the morphology of the adult males Author Hodgson, Chris text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-16 4765 1 1 264 journal article 22494 10.11646/zootaxa.4765.1.1 8af5a092-f062-48c7-8d7c-f96ae6282bfa 1175-5334 3774174 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C442D94C-0EB4-4509-B762-913707214819 Group C. BSE ERIOCOCCIDAE Introduction. The molecular studies of Cook and Gullan ( Cook & Gullan 2004 ; Gullan & Cook 2007 ; Kondo et al . 2016 ) found that there was a clade within the Eriococcidae that included E. buxi , the Australian eriococcid genus Cylindrococcus Maskell (1892) ( Fig. 43 ) and the families Beesoniidae and Stictococcidae . In the analysis of Hodgson and Hardy (2013) , E. buxi fell within a polytomy which included the acanthococcine eriococcids, possibly because the sensoria on each trochanter are roundish and in a triangle. However, the italicized character-states below separate it quickly from the acanthococcid group, whilst the possession of halteres separates it from the Gondwanan group and from the Stictococcidae and Beesoniidae . These four taxa ( E. buxi , Cylindrococcus , Beesoniidae and Stictococcidae are dealt with separately below.