COCCOIDEA DE COLOMBIA, CON éNFASIS EN LAS COCHINILLAS HARINOSAS (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)

this review article attempts to summarize the majority of the information obtained from basic studies of the coccoidea group, with emphasis on pseudococcidae, in colombia . thirtyfour publications (23 international and 11 colombian) on the scales and mealy bugs of colombia were reviewed. in total, colombia has 216 species of scales, lice and mealy bugs of the superfamily coccoidea, grouped into 11 families, that attack 88 families of botanical hosts. seventy species of scales belonging to the pseudococcidae family, representing 24% of the total (282) of the species of pseudococcids reported for central and south america. in the caribbean region, there are 24 genera of economic importance; 20 of these occur in colombia . for these species, in addition to listing the species names, this review details their geographic distribution, host plants, and some aspects of their biology. thirteen species of pseudococcidae represent serious threats as potential pests for different countries in the caribbean region.