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Family Putoidae - Giant Mealybugs

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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 Putoidae (Giant Mealybugs)
Explanation of Names
Putoidae; Beardsley 1969
Numbers
a single genus, with 21 spp. in our area and ~50 spp. total(1)
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.ScaleNet
2.Miller D., Rung A., Parikh G., Venable G., Redford A.J., Evans G.A., Gill R.J. (2014) Scale Insects, 2nd ed.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 21 March, 2013 - 4:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 8:44pm

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