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Eriococcus  Targioni Tozzetti, 1868
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200983

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Thekes Maskell, 1892
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyEriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 – felt scales, eriococcid scales  
                                           GenusEriococcus Targioni Tozzetti, 1868  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Eriococcus aconeae Henderson, 2006  
                                              Species Eriococcus busariae Froggatt, 1916  
                                              Species Eriococcus buxi (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834) – box scale 
                                              Species Eriococcus casuarinae (Maskell, 1893)  
                                              Species Eriococcus chalazogamarum (Lindinger, 1933)  
                                              Species Eriococcus confusus Maskell, 1892  
                                              Species Eriococcus cypraeaeformis Fuller, 1897  
                                              Species Eriococcus dombeyae González, 2008  
                                              Species Eriococcus korthalsellae Henderson, 2010  
                                              Species Eriococcus laevigatus Maskell, 1891  
                                              Species Eriococcus leptoporus (D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993) – small pore eriococcin 
                                              Species Eriococcus millei Williams, 2007  
                                              Species Eriococcus oligotrichus (D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993) – few setae eriococcin 
                                              Species Eriococcus parsonsiae Henderson, 2006  
                                              Species Eriococcus pictus Froggatt, 1916  
                                              Species Eriococcus syncarpiae (Froggatt, 1915)  
                                              Species Eriococcus tosotrichus (D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993) – numerous scale eriococcin 
                                              Species Eriococcus williamsi Danzig, 1987  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Source: ScaleNet, 4/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
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