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Family Pseudococcidae - Mealybugs

unusual animal that looked a bit like a woodlouse Pseudococcidae on Ambrosia Pseudococcus maritimus - male White bug on rhododendrons Scale insect, male, ventral - male Small bugs on house plant Mealy jerks - Pseudococcus longispinus Pseudococcid
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
Family Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)
Explanation of Names
Pseudococcidae Heymons 1915
Numbers
The second largest family of Coccoidea, with ~320 spp. in 53 genera in our area and >2,200 spp. in ~280 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Female body elongate-oval, segmented, legs well-developed
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