Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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