Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Pseudococcidae
Subfamilia: Pseudococcinae
Genus: Ferrisia
Species: Ferrisia kondoi

Name

  • Ferrisia kondoi Kaydan & Gullan, 2012: 29, figs 2D, E, 11
Holotype: BME, UCDC type # 1790, adult ♀, 27.xii.2005, T. Kondo.
Type locality: COLOMBIA, Valle del Cauca, Cali ex leaf of Ficus sp. (Moraceae).
Etymology: This species is named in honour of Dr Takumasa Kondo, who collected most of the type material and provided photographs (Fig. 2D, E) and generous assistance with this project. Kondo et al. (2008) listed a large number of specimens of this species from Colombia, and Kondo (2010) provided a photograph and brief description of the adult female from mango in Colombia, referring to it as Ferrisia sp.

References

  • Kaydan, M.B.; Gullan, P.J. 2012: A taxonomic revision of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of eight new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3543: 1–65. Preview PDF Reference page. 
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