Antecerococcus

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Antecerococcus
Antecerococcus indicus (with an attendant ant Camponotus sp.) is common on Hibiscus spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Cerococcidae
Genus: Antecerococcus
Green, 1901
Type species
Cerococcus punctiferus
Green, 1901[1]

Antecerococcus is a genus of scale insects. They are found worldwide but with greater abundance in the Old World.[2] There are about 56 species:

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