Pityococcidae
Family of true bugs
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Pityococcidae is a family of scales and mealybugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Pityococcidae.[1][2][3]
| Pityococcidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Coccomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Pityococcidae McKenzie 1942 |
Genera
These three genera belong to the family Pityococcidae:
- Desmococcus McKenzie, 1942
- Pityococcus McKenzie, 1942
- † Cancerococcus Koteja, 1988
