Biology:Pityococcidae

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Short description: Family of true bugs

Pityococcidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder: Coccomorpha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pityococcidae
McKenzie 1942

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]

Genera

These three genera belong to the family Pityococcidae:

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

References

  1. "Pityococcidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/4769990. Retrieved 2019-10-24. 
  2. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; Ben-Dov, Y; Hardy, N. B. (2019). "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi:10.1093/database/bav118. http://scalenet.info/. Retrieved 2019-10-24. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q21225121 entry