PSEUDOCOCCIDAE Heymons, 1915
(mealybugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Balanococcus
a genus of bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Phenacoccus
a genus of alien mealybugs
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Pseudococcus
a genus of mealybugs
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 71 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs)
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