| Electromyrmococcus Temporal range:
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| E. abductus carried by Acropyga glaesaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Pseudococcidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhizoecinae |
| Genus: | †Electromyrmococcus Williams, 2001 |
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Electromyrmococcus is an extinct genus of mealybug in the Pseudococcidae subfamily Rhizoecinae.[1] The genus currently contains three species, all[1] from the early Miocene, Burdigalian stage, Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[2]
- ^ a b Johnson, C.; et al. (2001). "Acropyga and Azteca Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Scale Insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea): 20 Million Years of Intimate Symbiosis" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3335): 1–18. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)335<0001:AAAAHF>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 55067700.
- ^ Iturralde-Vinent, M. A.; MacPhee, R. D. E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. Bibcode:1996Sci...273.1850I. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850. S2CID 129754021.