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Gallacoccus

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Gallacoccus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Eriococcidae
Genus: Gallacoccus
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

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These four species belong to the genus Gallacoccus:[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Family: Beesoniidae". United States Department of Agriculture. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ "GBIF, Gallacoccus". Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  3. ^ a b "Catalogue of Life, Gallacoccus Beardsley, 1971". Retrieved 2024-10-13.

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