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Heliococcus  Sulc, 1912
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1271977

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Saliococcus Kanda, 1934
  
    Takahashicoccus Kanda, 1959
  
    Novonilacoccus Ghosh and Ghose, 1987
  
    Heteroheliococcus Wu and Tang, 1997
  
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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  
                                        FamilyPseudococcidae Cockerell, 1905 – mealybugs  
                                           GenusHeliococcus Sulc, 1912  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Heliococcus acirculus Wu, Jia and Tang, 1996  
                                              Species Heliococcus adenostomae McKenzie, 1960 – adenostoma heliococcus mealybug, Adenostoma Heliococcus mealybug, McKenzie adenostoma mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus ardisiae (Siraiwa, 1939)  
                                              Species Heliococcus astragali Danzig, 2007  
                                              Species Heliococcus atraphaxidis Bazarov, 1963  
                                              Species Heliococcus atriplicis McKenzie, 1964 – atriplex mealybug, Atriplex mealybug, saltbrush mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus bambusae (Takahashi, 1930)  
                                              Species Heliococcus baotoui Tang in Tang and Li, 1988  
                                              Species Heliococcus bohemicus Sulc, 1912 – Bazarov's mealybug, Bohemian mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus brincki Matile-Ferrero, 1970  
                                              Species Heliococcus buteae Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Heliococcus chodzhenticus Nurmamatov, 1975  
                                              Species Heliococcus clemente Miller, 1974  
                                              Species Heliococcus corralesi Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Heliococcus deserticola Miller, 1974  
                                              Species Heliococcus destructor Borchsenius, 1941  
                                              Species Heliococcus dissimilis Danzig, 1980  
                                              Species Heliococcus dorsiporosus Danzig, 1971  
                                              Species Heliococcus etubularis Matesova, 1984  
                                              Species Heliococcus glacialis (Newstead, 1900) – Borchsenius-Quince mealybug, quince mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus glycinicola Borchsenius, 1956  
                                              Species Heliococcus halocnemi Borchsenius, 1949  
                                              Species Heliococcus herbaceus Borchsenius, 1956  
                                              Species Heliococcus hissaricus Nurmamatov, 1975  
                                              Species Heliococcus insignis (Lobdell, 1930)  
                                              Species Heliococcus kurilensis Danzig, 1971  
                                              Species Heliococcus lingnaniae Wang, 1982  
                                              Species Heliococcus lishanensis Wu, 1997  
                                              Species Heliococcus maritimus Danzig, 1971  
                                              Species Heliococcus medvedevi Danzig, 1982  
                                              Species Heliococcus minutus (Green, 1925)  
                                              Species Heliococcus mirabilis Bazarov, 1974  
                                              Species Heliococcus montanus Borchsenius, 1949  
                                              Species Heliococcus myopori Kawai, 1973  
                                              Species Heliococcus nivearum Balachowsky, 1953 – snow mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus oligadenatus Danzig, 1972  
                                              Species Heliococcus osborni (Sanders, 1902) – Osborn mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus pamirensis Bazarov, 1974  
                                              Species Heliococcus pavlovskii Borchsenius and Tereznikova, 1959  
                                              Species Heliococcus phaseoli (Laing, 1929)  
                                              Species Heliococcus quadriglandularis Bazarov, 1974  
                                              Species Heliococcus radicicola Goux, 1931 – pink root mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus salviae Borchsenius, 1949  
                                              Species Heliococcus schmelevi Bazarov, 1976  
                                              Species Heliococcus scutellariae Nurmamatov, 1975  
                                              Species Heliococcus singularis Avasthi and Shafee, 1982  
                                              Species Heliococcus stachyos (Ehrhorn, 1900) – betony mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus sulcii Goux, 1934 – Sulc's mealybug 
                                              Species Heliococcus summervillei Brookes, 1978  
                                              Species Heliococcus szetshuanensis Borchsenius, 1962  
                                              Species Heliococcus takae (Kuwana, 1907)  
                                              Species Heliococcus takahashii Kanda, 1935  
                                              Species Heliococcus tinglei Hodgson, 2021  
                                              Species Heliococcus tokyoensis (Kanda, 1959)  
                                              Species Heliococcus varioporus Matesova, 1968  
                                              Species Heliococcus wheeleri (King, 1902)  
                                              Species Heliococcus zoysiae Kwon, Danzig and Park, 2003  
       

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  Source: ScaleNet, 11/2025, 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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