Xylococcus (insect)

Xylococcus is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Xylococcidae. There are about six described species in Xylococcus.[1][2]

Xylococcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Xylococcidae
Genus: Xylococcus
Lôw, 1882

Species

These six species belong to the genus Xylococcus:

  • Xylococcus castanopsis Dong, 2017 (China)
  • Xylococcus filiferus Löw, 1882
  • Xylococcus japonicus Oguma, 1926 (Japan, Russia)
  • Xylococcus quercicola Danzig, 1980 (Russia)
  • Xylococcus grabenhorsti Koteja, 2008
  • Xylococcus kutscheri Koteja, 2008

References

  1. "Xylococcus". 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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