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Paracoccus  Ezzat and McConnell, 1956
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1272048

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Gossypina Salazar, 1972
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                                           GenusParacoccus Ezzat and McConnell, 1956  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Paracoccus abnormalis Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus acaenae Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus alazanensis Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus albatus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus ascius Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus aspratilis Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus baccharidicola Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus biporus Williams, 1985  
                                              Species Paracoccus boumaensis Hodgson and Lagowska, 2011  
                                              Species Paracoccus burnerae (Brain, 1915) – oleander scale, Oleander scale 
                                              Species Paracoccus busiaensis De Lotto, 1964  
                                              Species Paracoccus butcherae Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus canalis (Brittin, 1938)  
                                              Species Paracoccus cavaticus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus circuliprivis Ezzat and McConnell, 1956  
                                              Species Paracoccus claudus De Lotto, 1975  
                                              Species Paracoccus cognatus Williams and Miller, 2002  
                                              Species Paracoccus commiphorae (De Lotto, 1961)  
                                              Species Paracoccus coriariae (Brittin, 1938)  
                                              Species Paracoccus cryptus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus deboerae Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus deceptus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus decorus Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus definitus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus dendricola Williams and Watson, 1988  
                                              Species Paracoccus diversus (De Lotto, 1961)  
                                              Species Paracoccus djibelor (Matile-Ferrero, 1993)  
                                              Species Paracoccus drimydis (Brittin, 1938)  
                                              Species Paracoccus eastopi Williams, 1970  
                                              Species Paracoccus erigeroni (James, 1935)  
                                              Species Paracoccus evae Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Paracoccus ferrisi Ezzat and McConnell, 1956  
                                              Species Paracoccus ficus Moghaddam, 2014  
                                              Species Paracoccus galzerae Pacheco da Silva and Kaydan, 2016  
                                              Species Paracoccus gillianae Von Ellenrieder and Stocks, 2014  
                                              Species Paracoccus gillianwatsonae Zhang, 2024  
                                              Species Paracoccus glaucus (Maskell, 1879)  
                                              Species Paracoccus hakeae (Williams, 1985)  
                                              Species Paracoccus hamoni Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus hebes Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus herreni Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus ilu (Williams, 1970)  
                                              Species Paracoccus insolitus (Brittin, 1938)  
                                              Species Paracoccus interceptus Lit, 1997  
                                              Species Paracoccus invectus Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Paracoccus juniperi (Ehrhorn, 1906) – juniper mealybug 
                                              Species Paracoccus kajiadoensis (De Lotto, 1961)  
                                              Species Paracoccus keralae Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Paracoccus larinus De Lotto, 1975  
                                              Species Paracoccus latebrosus De Lotto, 1975  
                                              Species Paracoccus leptospermi Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus limuricus (De Lotto, 1961)  
                                              Species Paracoccus longicauda Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus lycopersici Ezzat and McConnell, 1956  
                                              Species Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992 – La cochenille du papayer, papaya mealybug, Chinche harinosa de la fruta bomba, cochenille du papayer, cochinilla de la papaya, marginal mealybug 
                                              Species Paracoccus melanesicus Williams and Watson, 1988  
                                              Species Paracoccus mexicanus Ezzat and McConnell, 1956  
                                              Species Paracoccus miro (de Boer, 1967)  
                                              Species Paracoccus morobensis Williams and Watson, 1988  
                                              Species Paracoccus multiductus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus muraltiae (Brain, 1912)  
                                              Species Paracoccus murreeanus Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Paracoccus mutabilis De Lotto, 1964  
                                              Species Paracoccus myrtacearum Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus nellorensis Avasthi and Shafee, 1983  
                                              Species Paracoccus neocarens (Lit, 1992)  
                                              Species Paracoccus niuensis Williams and Watson, 1988  
                                              Species Paracoccus nothofagi Williams, 1985  
                                              Species Paracoccus nothofagicola Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus oneratus Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus ordinis Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus orsomi Mamet, 1962  
                                              Species Paracoccus parvicirculus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus perperus De Lotto, 1975  
                                              Species Paracoccus pinguis De Lotto, 1964  
                                              Species Paracoccus poculiporus Williams, 1985  
                                              Species Paracoccus podocarpi Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus ranavalonae Mamet, 1962  
                                              Species Paracoccus redactus Cox, 1987  
                                              Species Paracoccus reductus (Ferris, 1953)  
                                              Species Paracoccus salviacola Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus sativus (James, 1936)  
                                              Species Paracoccus solani Ezzat and McConnell, 1956  
                                              Species Paracoccus spinulosus (De Lotto, 1961)  
                                              Species Paracoccus sporoboli (James, 1936)  
                                              Species Paracoccus tectus De Lotto, 1964  
                                              Species Paracoccus townsendi (Cockerell, 1893)  
                                              Species Paracoccus trichinus De Lotto, 1964  
                                              Species Paracoccus trichospermi Williams and Watson, 1988  
                                              Species Paracoccus tripurae Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Paracoccus turrialbensis Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Paracoccus villanuevai (Miller and McKenzie, 1971)  
                                              Species Paracoccus wui Zhang, 2024  
                                              Species Paracoccus zealandicus (Ezzat and McConnell, 1956)  
       

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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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 Comments
       
  Comment: Paracoccus Ezzat and McConnell, 1956 is apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) bacterial genus Paracoccus Davis, 1969 emend. Liu et al., 2008 (TSN 957762)  
 

 

    

 
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