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Family Pityococcidae

Representative Images

Pityococcus rugulosus, preserved adult female, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Adult female crawler, Specimen 1, anterior - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Hatchling, glycerin treated, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus Second stage quiescent larva, more developed, dorsal-lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus Egg, dorsal - Pityococcus rugulosus Egg beginning to hatch, wrinkled from wriggling, dorsal-lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus Prepupa Specimen 3, glycerin treated, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Adult male, Specimen 1 dorsal head - Pityococcus rugulosus - male

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 Pityococcidae

Explanation of Names

Pityococcidae McKenzie 1942

Numbers

2 spp. in a single genus, all in our area(1)

Range

sw.US (CA to UT‒TX)(1)

Food

hosts: various pines(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 v belov on 12 April, 2014 - 12:34pm
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 8:42pm

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