Pseudococcidae

Pseudococcidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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
Subfamiliae: Phenacoccinae - Pseudococcinae

Genera not assigned to a subfamily

Genera: Anthelococcus – Artemicoccus – Dorsoceraricoccus – Ehrhornia – Eupeliococcus – Formicoccus – Gomezmenoricoccus – Heliococcus – Marendellea – Mombasinia – Nairobia – Ripersia – Wapoacoccus

Name

Pseudococcidae Heymons, 1915

References

• Charles, J.G.; Bell, V.A.; Lo, P.L.; Cole, L.M.; Chhagan, A. 2010: Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and their natural enemies in New Zealand vineyards from 1993-2009. New Zealand entomologist, 33: 84–91.
• Cox, J.M. 1987: Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). Fauna of New Zealand, 11 .
• Dong, Q-G., Zhang, J-T. & Wu, S-A. 2017. A new genus and species of Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) from China. Zootaxa 4299(4): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.9. Reference page. 
• Hardy, N.B.; Gullan, P.J.; Hodgson, C.J. 2008: A subfamily-level classification of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) based on integrated molecular and morphological data. Systematic entomology, 33 (1): 51–71. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00408.x PDF
• Moghaddam, M. 2013: A review of the mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae and Rhizoecidae) of Iran, with descriptions of four new species and three new records for the Iranian fauna. Zootaxa 3632(1): 1–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3632.1.1 Reference page. 
• Hodgson, C.J. 2021. New genera, new species and new combinations for some African Coccomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). Zootaxa 5020(1): 57–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.3 Reference page. 
• Williams, D.J., 1962: The British Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology series 12 (1): 1–79.
• Williams, D.J.; Gullan, P.J. 2010: Family-group names proposed in the family Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea). Zootaxa, 2400: 66–68. Preview PDF
• Wu, S.-A.; Lu, Y. 2012: Notes on the genera and species in the mealybug tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3251: 30–46. Preview

Links

• Miller, D. & Y. Ben-Dov. 2005. ScaleNet[1]
• Tanaka, H., Suetsugu, K. & Kamitani, S. 2021. A parasitic insect on a parasitic plant: a new species of the genus Formicoccus Takahashi (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) from Ishigaki Island, Japan. ZooKeys 1060ː 171–182. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1060.71652 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: mealybugs
• suomi: Villakilpikirvat
• magyar: viaszos pajzstetvek
• 日本語: コナカイガラムシ科

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