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Spilococcus  Ferris, 1950
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1272095

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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  
                                        FamilyPseudococcidae Cockerell, 1905 – mealybugs  
                                           GenusSpilococcus Ferris, 1950  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus andersoni (Coleman, 1903) – Anderson mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus artemisiphilus (Tang in Tang and Li, 1988)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus atriplicis (Cockerell, 1895) – Southern California mealybug, southern california mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus bourbonicus Mamet, 1957  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus ceanothi McKenzie, 1967 – squawcarpet mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus corticosus McKenzie, 1967 – bark mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1899) – eriogonum mealybug, Eriogonum mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus filicicola (Newstead, 1898)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus geoffreyi Cox, 1987  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus geraniae (Rau, 1938) – geranium mealybug, Geranium mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus gutierreziae (Cockerell, 1896) – Gutierrezia mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus implicatus Ferris, 1950 – implicated mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus innermongolicus Tang, 1992  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus keiferi McKenzie, 1960 – Keifer mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus larreae Ferris, 1950 – desert mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus mamillariae (Bouché, 1844) – cactus mealybug, Cactus mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus mirzayansi (Moghaddam, 2010)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus mori (Siraiwa, 1938)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus nototrichus Miller and McKenzie, 1971 – dorsal-spine mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus parkeri McKenzie, 1962 – Parker mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus parvicirculus McKenzie, 1960 – franseria mealybug, Franseria mealybug, small circulus mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus perineti Mamet, 1962  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus pressus Ferris, 1950 – pressus mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus prosopidis (Cockerell, 1896) – mesquite mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus quercinus McKenzie, 1962 – chaparral mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus radicalis Granara de Willink, 1983  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus sequoiae (Coleman, 1901) – redwood mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus soja (Siraiwa, 1938)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus steeli (Cockerell and Townsend in Cockerell, 1894)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus ventralis McKenzie, 1967 – burro-weed mealybug 
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus viridulus (Cockerell, 1901)  
                                              SpeciesSpilococcus williamsi Moghaddam and Watson, 2022  
       

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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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