Ferrisia williamsi

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 williamsi

Name

• 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

• 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.