Carayonemidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as carayonemids. They typically live among mosses and leaf litter which is unusual for scale insects. Members of this family come from Neotropical areas of South and Central America.[2]
However, per Scalenet[3], using morphology, Powell et al. (2024) demonstrates that the four species previously placed in the family Carayonemidae form a monophyletic group within the Ortheziidae, as the subfamily Carayoneminae.
Life cycle
Very little is known about this family, but in one species, the female scale has four instars.[2]
Genera
There are four genera, each with a single known species:
Foldicoccus monikae is flattened and leaf-shaped and the adult has six legs and a pair of antennae.[4]
References
- ^ Richard, C. (1986). "Carayonemidae famille nouvelle Carayonema orousseti, n. gen., n. sp. de Guyane française (Homoptera, Coccoidea)" [Carayonemidae new family Carayonema orousseti, n. gen., n. sp., from French Guiana (Homoptera, Coccoidea)]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (in French). 22 (2): 268–273.
- ^ a b UDSA Agricultural Research Service
- ^ Carayonema Richard, 1986 (Ortheziidae)
- ^ Kozár, F. & Z. Konczné Benedicty (2000). "Carayonemidae of the Neotropical Region with the descriptions of new genera and species (Homoptera: Coccoidea)". Folia Entomologica Hungarica. 61: 71–82.