Ferrisia ecuadorensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Ferrisia ecuadorensis

Name

• Ferrisia ecuadorensis Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 23, fig 9

Holotype: USNM, LA014175-CA, adult ♀, 17. i. 1975, Waite & Wright.

Type locality: ECUADOR, ex Psidium guajava.

Etymology: This species is named for the country of the only known specimen.

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.