Rhizoecidae

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: Rhizoecidae
Subfamiliae (2): Rhizoecinae - Xenococcinae

Overview of genera (8)

Capitisetella – Eumyrmococcus – Ishigakicoccus – Kissrhizoecus – Neochavesia – Pseudorhizoecus – Rhizoecus – Ripersiella – Xenococcus

References

• Hodgson, C. 2012. Comparison of the morphology of the adult males of the rhizoecine, phenacoccine and pseudococcine mealybugs (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea), with the recognition of the family Rhizoecidae Williams. Zootaxa 3291: 1–79. Preview ISBN 978-1-86977-907-8 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-908-5 (online edition) Reference page. 
• Moghaddam, M. 2013: A review of the mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae and Rhizoecidae) of Iran, with descriptions of four new species and three new records for the Iranian fauna. Zootaxa 3632(1): 1–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3632.1.1 Reference page. 
• Tanaka, H. 2016. A new genus and species of Rhizoecidae (Hemiptera, Sternorryncha, Coccomorpha) associated with Acropyga yaeyamensis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae). ZooKeys 616: 115-124. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.616.9442. Reference page.