ASTEROLECANIIDAE
(pit scales)

ASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Asterodiaspis
a genus of bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Asterolecanium
a genus of a gall-causing scale insects
Genus 3 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales)

ASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to ASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales):

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