Eriococcus (bug)

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Eriococcus
Eriococcus coriaceus (CSIRO)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Eriococcidae
Genus: Eriococcus
Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868
Synonyms
  • Gossiparia Chorbadzhiev, 1939
  • Gossyperia Kuwana, 1907
  • Priococcus Fulmek, 1943
  • Thekes Maskell, 1892

Eriococcus is the type genus of scale insects in the family Eriococcidae, erected by Targioni-Tozzetti in 1868.[1] Species records have a world-wide distribution,[2] but this genus name is known to be polyphyletic,[3] so species placement is subject to change.

E. coriaceus with associated ants

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