Abstract
Since Cockerell (1905) erected the family-group name Pseudococcini, the name has become widely used for all mealybugs. Lobdell (1930) raised the status of the group to family level as the Pseudococcidae, but it was not until Borchsenius (1949) and Ferris (1950) accepted the family level that the rank of Pseudococcidae became more widely accepted within the superfamily Coccoidea. Various tribes and subtribes have been introduced without any reliable classification of the family.
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