Eriococcus (bug)

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
  1. ^ Targioni-Tozzetti (1868) Introduzione alla seconda memoria per gli studi sulle cocciniglie, e catalogo dei generi e delle specie della famiglia dei Coccidi (privately published): 726
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GBIF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cook, LG; Gullan, PJ (2004-11-24). "The gall-inducing habit has evolved multiple times among the eriococcid scale insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae): MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF GALLING IN ERIOCOCCIDS". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83 (4): 441–452. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00396.x.