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Phyllococcus

Phyllococcus oahuensis is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae, and the only species in the genus Phyllococcus. It was endemic to Hawaii.

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Phyllococcus
Extinct
Extinct (yes) (IUCN 3.1)1
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: †Phyllococcus
Species:
†P. oahuensis
Binomial name
†Phyllococcus oahuensis
(Ehrhorn, 1912)
Synonyms2
  • Cissococcus oahuensis Ehrhorn, 1912

Phyllococcus oahuensis is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae, and the only species in the genus Phyllococcus.3 It was endemic to Hawaii.1

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References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Phyllococcus oahuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T17120A6799402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17120A6799402.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Phyllococcus oahuensis (Ehrhorn, 1912)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. A. Raman; Carl W. Schaefer; Toni M. Withers, eds. (2005). "Gall-inducing scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea)". Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Gall-Inducing Arthropods (PDF). CRC Press. pp. 159–229. ISBN 978-1-57808-262-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-07-17.