Steingeliidae

Steingeliidae can be distinguished from other scale insect families by features of the adult female morphology, including specific arrangements of wax glands and body segmentation patterns. The family is morphologically intermediate between more derived Coccoidea families and primitive scale insect lineages. Precise identification requires microscopic examination of slide-mounted specimens.

Distribution records indicate presence in Southeast Asia (SE). The fossil genus †*Palaeosteingelia* from Lebanese amber suggests historical distribution in the Middle East during the Cretaceous period.

• Araucaria - host plantGenus *Araucaricoccus* is associated with this conifer genus
• Coniferales - host plantGenus *Conifericoccus* is associated with conifers

• PseudococcidaeBoth families contain mealybug-like scale insects; Steingeliidae differs in having more primitive morphological features and reduced wax secretion
• CoccidaeSoft scale insects share general body plan but differ in anal ring structure and glandular arrangements

• scale insects
• mealybugs
• Coccoidea
• rare
• small family

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