Ferrisia pitcairnia

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 pitcairnia

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.