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Commercial cultivation of the fruit tree Myrciaria dubia(Myrtaceae) is being developed in Brazil but phytophagous insects, including scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea), can become pests in plantations. The coccids Ceroplastes jamaicensisWhite, Coccus viridis(Green), Parasaissetia nigra(Nietner), Pseudokermes vitreus(Cockerell) (Coccidae), and the diaspidid Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis(Green) were collected on M. dubiain the municipality of Belém and Tomé-Açu, state of Pará (PA), metropolitan and Northeast Pará mesoregions, Brazil. A key to species of Coccoidea recorded on M. dubia, based on adult females, is provided. Photographs for all scale insects reported on M. dubiaare provided. Ceroplastes jamaicensisis recorded for the first time for Brazil and is herein reported for the first time associated with this host.