Ferrisia dasylirii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Pseudococcidae
Subfamilia: Pseudococcinae
Genus: Ferrisia
Species: Ferrisia dasylirii

Name

• Ferrisia dasylirii (Cockerell, 1896: 202)

Lectotype: USNM, adult ♀, “Dactylopius / dasylirii / Dasylirion / wheeleri / Organ, N.M. / Sept. 27 ’96 / (Cockerell) / TYPE” “7279” and “147/11”.

Type locality: New Mexico near the community of Organ [at 1555 m; 32°26’N 106°36′W].

Mentions

• Dactylopius dasylirii Cockerell, 1896: 202.
• Pseudococcus dasylirii; Fernald, 1903: 101. Change of combination.
• Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell); incorrect synonymy by Ferris, 1953a: 362.
• Ferrisia dasylirii Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 19, figs 2A, 8.

References

• Cockerell, T.D.A., 1896: New species of insects taken on a trip from the Mesilla Valley to the Sacramento Mts., New Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 4: 201–207.

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• Kaydan, M.B.; Gullan, P.J. 2012: A taxonomic revision of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of eight new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3543: 1–65. Preview PDF Reference page.