Crypticerya

Crypticerya
Genista giant scale insect (Crypticerya genistae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Monophlebidae
Genus: Crypticerya
Cockerell, 1895

Crypticerya is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. As of 2024, there are 28 described species.

History

The name was established by Cockerell in 1895 as a subgenus of Icerya. It was elevated to a genus in 1899, synonymized in 1926, and revived as a genus in 2008.

List of species

References

  1. ↑ Unruh, Corinne M. (30 April 2008). "A taxonomic review of the Crypticerya species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, including description of a new species from Baja California". Zootaxa. 1759 (1): 1–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1759.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. 1 2 3 "Crypticerya Cockerell, 1895". ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Retrieved 20 December 2024.