Antecerococcus

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Antecerococcus is a genus of scale insects. They are found worldwide but with greater abundance in the Old World. There are about 56 species: * Antecerococcus albospicatus * Antecerococcus alluaudi * Antecerococcus andamanensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcus ankaratrae (Mamet, 1954) * Antecerococcus asparagi (Joubert, 1925) * Antecerococcus baccharidis (Hempel, 1900) * Antecerococcus badius (Leonardi, 1911) * Antecerococcus bryoides (Maskell, 1894) * Antecerococcus camarai (Neves, 1954) * Antecerococcus capensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcus cistarum (Balachowsky, 1927) * Antecerococcus citri (Lambdin, 1986) * Antecerococcus cliffortiae (Joubert, 1925) * Antecerococcus corokiae (Maskell, 1890) * Antecerococcus delottoi Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcus dumonti (Vayssière, 1927) * Antecerococcus echinatus (Wang & Qiu, 1986) * Antecerococcus eremobius (Scott, 1907) * Antecerococcus fradei (Castel-Branco, 1952) * Antecerococcus froggatti (Morrison & Morrison, 1927) * Antecerococcus gabonensis (Lambdin, 1983) * Antecerococcus gallicolus (Mamet, 1959) * Antecerococcus hilli Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcus indicus (Maskell, 1897) * Antecerococcus insleyae Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcus intermedius (Balachowsky, 1930) * Antecerococcus kakamegae Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcus keralae Hodgson & Williams, 2016 * Antecerococcu…

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