Ferrisia pitcairnia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: 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
Subfamilia: Pseudococcinae
Genus: Ferrisia
Species:

Name

  • Ferrisia pitcairnia Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 39, fig 16
Holotype: BME, adult ♀, UCDC type # 1791, 5.xi.2003, D.R. Miller.
Type locality: PUERTO RICO, Maricao, Road # 120, km 17.5, ex Pitcairnia sp.
Etymology: The species name is derived from the genus name of host plant Pitcairnia. The name should be treated as a noun in apposition.

References

  • 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. 
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