Ferrisia kondoi

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 kondoi

Name

Ferrisia kondoi Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 29, figs 2D, E, 11

• Holotype: BME, UCDC type # 1790, adult ♀, 27.xii.2005, T. Kondo.

• Type locality: COLOMBIA, Valle del Cauca, Cali ex leaf of Ficus sp. (Moraceae).

• Etymology: This species is named in honour of Dr Takumasa Kondo, who collected most of the type material and provided photographs (Fig. 2D, E) and generous assistance with this project. Kondo et al. (2008) listed a large number of specimens of this species from Colombia, and Kondo (2010) provided a photograph and brief description of the adult female from mango in Colombia, referring to it as Ferrisia sp.

References

Primary 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.