FIGURE 9 in Towards the identification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of continental Africa: 1. Identification of the families

FIGURE 9. Rhizoecidae adult female morphology, from Williams (2004: 755, Fig. 338), © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. A. Antenna usually geniculate, with no more than 6 segments; B. Bitubular cerore (tritubular in some species); C. Circulus. Note that each circulus is often raised on a sclerotised cone (see sclerotization encircling each circulus in the FIGURE); also the absence of cerarii, and of translucent pores from the hind legs.