Desmococcus (insect)

For the algae genus, see Desmococcus (alga).
Desmococcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pityococcidae
Genus: Desmococcus
McKenzie, 1942
Species

Desmococcus captivus[1]
Desmococcus sedentarius[2]

The scale insect genus Desmococcus is a group in the family Pityococcidae, comprising two species from the western United States, feeding on pines.[3] The type species is Desmococcus captivus[4]


Notes

  1. "Desmococcus captivus McKenzie". Scale Net, United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010.
  2. "Desmococcus sedentarius McKenzie". Scale Net, United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013.
  3. Gill, Raymond J. (1993). The scale insects of California. Part 2. The minor families (Homoptera: Coccoidea) (PDF). Technical series in Agricultural biosystematics and plant pathology. Sacramento, California: California Department of Food and Agriculture. p. 36. OCLC 29329396.
  4. "Desmococcus McKenzie". United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.

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