Lacciferinae
Lacciferinae
[lak·sə′fer·ə‚nē] (invertebrate zoology)
A subfamily of scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea in which the male lacks compound eyes, the abdomen is without spiracles in all stages, and the apical abdominal segments of nymphs and females do not form a pygidium.
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