Pityococcidae

Pityococcidae is a family of scales and mealybugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Pityococcidae.[1][2][3]

Pityococcidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pityococcidae
McKenzie 1942

Genera

These three genera belong to the family Pityococcidae:

  • Desmococcus McKenzie, 1942
  • Pityococcus McKenzie, 1942
  • Cancerococcus Koteja, 1988

References

  1. "Pityococcidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. (2019). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi:10.1093/database/bav118. Retrieved 2019-10-24.

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