Digitules: appendages on the feet of Coccidae; in Lecanium, four knobbed hairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Lobule: in Coccidae, one of the two distinct parts of which a lobe is sometimes composed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Gland orifice: in Coccidae, the external opening through which a gland pours its secretions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Incision: any cut into a margin or through a surface: the marginal slits or notches in Coccidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Apodema: a conspicuous transverse band crossing the thorax in front of the scutellum in male Coccidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Gland spines: in Coccidae; spiny appendages, each of which is supplied with a single gland whose opening is at the tip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Cochineal (the boiled and ground nymphs of the Coccidae, or scale insects) were crushed by the Aztecs and Mayans for a nice red color.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lipstick Making - Day One] Reference

Parastigma: = pterostigma; q.v. Parastigmatic glands: small, circular glands, which secrete a waxy powder, sometimes present around the spiracles of Coccidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Pellicles: the exuviae or cast larval skins of many insects: in Coccidae more especially applied to the hardened larval skin attached to the puparia of Diaspinae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Plates: in Coccidae, the squames; q.v.: in male Homoptera, a pair of pieces following the last full ventral segment; usually preceded by a short piece, - the valve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Antennal formula: in Coccidae; made by enumerating the antennal joints in the order of their length, beginning with the longest and bracketing together those of the same length.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Femur - ora: the thigh: usually the stoutest segment of the leg, articulated to the body through trochanter and coxa and bearing the tibia at its distal end: in Coccidae and quite commonly, the femur and trochanter are considered as one, for measuring purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

A family of Hemiptera, related to the Aphidae and equally obnoxious to the gardener, is that of the Coccidae or scale-insects.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

In the tropics their place is taken in a great measure by species of Coccidae and genera of Homoptera, such as Membracis and its allies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference

I worked at a vet clinic and everytime someone bought a dog from that place they were brought in sick with Coccidae and a multitude of other problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

In another cell, by itself, a queen ant will be found, surrounded by walls made of a brown waxy-looking substance, along with about a dozen Coccidae to supply her with food.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference

The leaves of the plant are guarded by the ants, the ants are provided with houses by the plant, and food by the Coccidae or aphides, and the latter are effectually protected by the ants in their common habitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference

This case is not like the last one, where the tree has provided food and shelter for the ants, but rather one where the ant has taken possession of the tree, and brought with it the Coccidae; but I believe that its presence must be beneficial.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference

In many of the pouches I noticed the eggs and young ants, and in some I saw a few dark-coloured Coccidae or aphides; but my attention had not been at that time directed to the latter as supplying the ants with food, and I did not examine a sufficient number of pouches to determine whether they were constant occupants of the nests or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference

Coccidae of the British Isles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

Coccidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference

Coccidae, 20, 110, 118.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference