Gullan, P.J., & Hodgson, C.J. 2026 The soft scale fauna (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) of Australia, with nine new genera, seven new species and fifteen new combinations. Megataxa 022(1): 001–205
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Notes: Almost all currently known Australian endemic species of soft scales (Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) were described prior to 1925 and their generic relationships have not been studied since. Most were placed in genera whose type species had been described from outside of Australia, mainly New Zealand and the Americas. The present partial revision of the soft scale fauna, based largely on morphological data from adult females, concludes that all Australian endemic species currently in the genera Akermes Cockerell, Cardiococcus Cockerell, Ceroplastodes Cockerell, Coccus Linnaeus, Ctenochiton Maskell, Eulecanium Cockerell, Inglisia Maskell and Saissetia Déplanche are not congeneric with the type species of the genera into which they have been placed. Thus, these Australian endemic species are placed in new genera.
