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Ovaticoccus  Kloet, 1944
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1257837

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Oregmopyga Hoy, 1963
  
    Cornoculus Ferris, 1955
  
    Gymnococcus Cockerell, 1894
  
    Onceropyga Ferris, 1955
  
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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  
                                           GenusOvaticoccus Kloet, 1944  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus adoxus (Ferris, 1955) – obscure ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus agavacearum Pellizzari and Kozár, 2011  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus agavium (Douglas, 1888) – agave ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus amplicoxae Williams and Martin, 2003  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus betsyae D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus californicus McKenzie, 1964 – California ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus cornutus (Ferris, 1955) – big-eyed ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus davesmithi (D. Miller and Stocks, 2017)  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus densus (D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967) – dense-character ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus eriogoni (D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967) – eriogonum ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus exoticus Pellizzari and Kozár, 2011  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus gordoni D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus haigi D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus johnsoni (D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967) – Johnson's ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus mackenziei D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967 – McKenzie's ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus maryfoleybensonae D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus nativus (Parrott, 1900) – native ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus neglectus (Cockerell, 1895) – neglected eriococcin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus parkerorum D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967 – Parker ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus parvispinus (Chaffin, 1923)  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus peninsularis (Ferris, 1921)  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus peruvianus (Granara de Willink and Diaz, 2007)  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus salviae D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967 – salvia ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus sanguineus (D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967) – bright red ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus senarius McKenzie in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967 – franseria ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus strongyla (D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993)  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus telotrichus D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus tippinsi (D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993)  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus tuttlei D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus variabilis D. Miller in D. Miller and McKenzie, 1967 – variable ovaticoccin 
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus villanuevorum D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              SpeciesOvaticoccus viscosa (Kondo, 2004)  
       

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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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