Table of Contents

Dedication. Abstract. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Suprageneric classification within the family. Margarodid statistics. Fossil Margarodidae. Economic importance. Zoogeographical consideration. Catalogue format. Cutoff date. Languages. Transferred taxa. Citation codes. Species catalogues. Genus catalogue. References. Indices. Catalogue of genera and species. Subfamily Coelostomidiinae. Subfamily Margarodinae. Subfamily Matsucoccinae. Subfamily Monophlebinae. Subfamily Steingeliinae. Subfamily Xylococcinae. Taxa removed from family. References. Index to genera. Index to species.

About the Author

YAIR BEN-DOV is a Senior Research Entomologist at the Department of Entomology, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel. His research at Bet Dagan involves studies on systematics, biology and ecology of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea), with special emphasis on the Mediterranean fauna. He has an M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Entomology from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Ben-Dov is author and co-author of about 140 books and articles.