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Cerococcus  Comstock, 1882
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1257602

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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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  
                                        FamilyCerococcidae Balachowsky, 1942  
                                           GenusCerococcus Comstock, 1882  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Cerococcus andinus Leonardi, 1911  
                                              Species Cerococcus artemisiae (Cockerell, 1897)  
                                              Species Cerococcus asteris Hodgson and Williams, 2016  
                                              Species Cerococcus catenarius Fonseca, 1957  
                                              Species Cerococcus deklei Kosztarab and Vest, 1966 – grenade scale, hand grenade scale, hibiscus hand-grenade scale 
                                              Species Cerococcus indonesiensis Lambdin and Kosztarab, 1977  
                                              Species Cerococcus kalmiae Ferris, 1955  
                                              Species Cerococcus koebelei (Cockerell, 1898)  
                                              Species Cerococcus michaeli Lambdin, 1998  
                                              Species Cerococcus parrotti (Hunter, 1899)  
                                              Species Cerococcus quercus Comstock, 1882 – oak cerococcus, oak wax scale 
                                              Species Cerococcus russellae Kosztarab and Vest, 1966  
                                              Species Cerococcus tuberculus (Hempel, 1900)  
       

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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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