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Sphaerococcini  Cockerell, 1899
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1271878

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Tribe  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Pseudococcidae Cockerell, 1905
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, D. J.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) - a supplement   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3616, no. 4   
  Page(s): 325-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.2   
  Reference for: Sphaerococcini   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, D. J., and P. J. Gullan   
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names proposed in the family Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 2400, no. 1   
  Page(s): 66-68   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2400.1.7   
  Reference for: Sphaerococcini   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Douglas John   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: The family-group names of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, vol. 23, no. 8   
  Page(s): 315-341   
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  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313954   
  Reference for: Sphaerococcini   
       

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  Comment: Williams (2013:338) notes: A proposal to give precedence of the family-group name Pseudococcini Cockerell, 1905, over Sphaerococcini Cockerell, 1899 (Hardy & Gullan, 2008), was agreed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2009) (Opinion 2236)  
 

 

    


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