Ferrisia milleri

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 milleri

Name

• Ferrisia milleri Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 35, fig 14

Holotype: USNM, adult ♀, 16.vii.1977, N-77-103, S. Nakahara.

Type locality: PUERTO RICO, near Sabana ex ? Calophyllum sp. leaf.

Etymology: "This species is named in honour of Dr Douglass R. Miller, who assisted with this study in many ways, including hosting the authors’ visits to Beltsville to examine Ferrisia specimens in the USNM, collecting Ferrisia samples for DNA work, and providing much useful advice."

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.