Gallacoccus
| Gallacoccus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Eriococcidae |
| Genus: | Beardsley, 1971 |
Gallacoccus is a genus of the scale insects commonly known as beesoniids. They typically cause galls on their plant hosts. Gallacoccus anthonyae is the type species. Female members of the genus Gallacoccus have only three instars, in contrast to the other beesoniid genera where the females have four.[1][2][3]
Species
These four species belong to the genus Gallacoccus:[3]
- Gallacoccus anthonyae Beardsley, 1971 (Singapore)
- Gallacoccus heckrothi Takagi, 2001 (Malaysia)
- Gallacoccus secundus Beardsley, 1971 (Singapore)
- Gallacoccus spinigalla Takagi, 2001 (Malaysia)
Notes
- ^ "Family: Beesoniidae". United States Department of Agriculture. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
- ^ "GBIF, Gallacoccus". Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Gallacoccus Beardsley, 1971". Retrieved 2024-10-13.
References
- Beardsley, John W. (1971). "A new genus of gall-inhabiting Eriococcidae from Singapore (Homoptera: Coccoidea)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 21 (1): 31–39. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2013.
- Takagi, Sadao (2001). "Four gall-inducing eriococcids, with notes on dipterocarp-associated gall-inhabiting coccoids (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae and Beesoniidae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 58: 51–113.