Ferrisia williamsi

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 williamsi

Name

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  • Ferrisia williamsi Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 56, figs 2H, 22
Holotype: BME, adult ♀, UCDC type # 1792, 30.xii.2004, T. Kondo.
Type locality: COLOMBIA, Quindio, Parque Nacional del Café; ex bract of inflorescence of Heliconia sp.
Etymology: "This species is named in honour of Dr Douglas J. Williams, who produced the last revision of Ferrisa (Williams 1996) and who is rightly regarded as the guru of world coccidology (Miller & Watson 1995) for his great knowledge and prodigious contributions to scale insect studies, as well as for the guidance that he has provided to others."

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