Ferrisia uzinuri

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 uzinuri

Name

• Ferrisia uzinuri Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 48, figs 2F, 20

Holotype: BME, UCDC type # 1793, adult ♀, vii.2002, R. Warkentin.

Type locality: BAHAMAS, Paradise Is., Atlantis Hotel; ex silver buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus.

Etymology: 'This species is named for the late Dr Uzi Nur, who recognised the cryptic species diversity of Ferrisia mealybugs in the 1970s based on electrophoretic comparison of their enzymes. Nur referred to this species, which we name in his memory, by his code “FK”.'

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.