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Rhizoecus  Kunckel d'Herculais, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200969

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Neorhizoecus Hambleton, 1946
  
    Radicoccus Hambleton, 1946
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  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  
                                        FamilyRhizoecidae Williams, 1969  
                                           GenusRhizoecus Kunckel d'Herculais, 1878  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Rhizoecus albidus Goux, 1942 – white root-mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus albus James, 1936  
                                              Species Rhizoecus americanus (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus amorphophalli Betrem, 1940  
                                              Species Rhizoecus angustus James, 1935  
                                              Species Rhizoecus apizacos Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus arabicus Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus associatus (Hambleton, 1946) – associated mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus atlanticus (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus bicirculus McKenzie, 1967 – trinity ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus boliviensis Konczné Benedicty, 2007 – Bolivian mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus brevirostris Hambleton, 1979  
                                              Species Rhizoecus cacticans (Hambleton, 1946) – cacticans mealybug, Cochinilla hipogea de los pastos 
                                              Species Rhizoecus caladii Green, 1933  
                                              Species Rhizoecus californicus Ferris, 1953 – California ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus chilensis Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus cocois Williams, 1985  
                                              Species Rhizoecus coffeae Laing, 1925 – Cochinilla americana del suelo, cochinilla hipogea del café, coffee rhizoecus mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus colombiensis Ramos and Caballero, 2016  
                                              Species Rhizoecus compotor Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Rhizoecus congolensis Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus costaricensis Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus cyperalis (Hambleton, 1946) – viviparous ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus demerarae Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992  
                                              Species Rhizoecus dianthi Green, 1926 – Pritchard mealybug, blind mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus distinctus (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus divaricatus Hambleton, 1978  
                                              Species Rhizoecus elongatus Green, 1926  
                                              Species Rhizoecus erikae Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus falcifer Kunckel d'Herculais, 1878 – ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus favacirculus Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus floridanus Hambleton, 1973 – Florida ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus franconiae Schmutterer, 1956 – Franconian root mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus globosus James, 1935  
                                              Species Rhizoecus graminis (Hambleton, 1946) – graminis ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus granaradewillinkae Kaydan and Szita, 2019  
                                              Species Rhizoecus hawaiiensis (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus immsi James, 1935  
                                              Species Rhizoecus inconspicuus Danzig, 1971  
                                              Species Rhizoecus incrassatus James, 1935  
                                              Species Rhizoecus insularis Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus iquitosi Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus kazachstanus Matesova, 1980  
                                              Species Rhizoecus keysensis Hambleton, 1979  
                                              Species Rhizoecus kontschani Kaydan and Konczné Benedicty, 2019  
                                              Species Rhizoecus ladoniae Hambleton, 1979  
                                              Species Rhizoecus latus (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus leucosomus (Cockerell, 1901) – white ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus macgregori Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus madecassus Mamet, 1962  
                                              Species Rhizoecus mammillariae (Targioni Tozzetti, 1884)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus maritimus (Cockerell, 1894) – sea-coast ground mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus martini Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus mayanus (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus microtubularis Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007 – Mahunka hypogeic mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus moruliferus Green, 1933  
                                              Species Rhizoecus muranyii Kaydan, 2017  
                                              Species Rhizoecus nakaharai Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus nemoralis (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus neomexicanus McKenzie, 1962  
                                              Species Rhizoecus neostangei D. Miller and McKenzie, 1971 – new Stange mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus nguruensis Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus nitidalis Hambleton, 1946  
                                              Species Rhizoecus olmuensis Hambleton, 1978  
                                              Species Rhizoecus omphalius Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Rhizoecus opulentus Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus ovatus Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pauciporus Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pauper Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus peripotaro Schneider and LaPolla, 2024  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pignerator Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pocsi Konczné Benedicty and Kozár in Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007 – Pocs hypogeic mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus polyporus Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pseudoangustus Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pseudocacticans Hambleton, 1979  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pseudolasii Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Rhizoecus pseudoperprocerus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus relativus Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus setosus (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus simplex (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus sonomae McKenzie, 1960 – Brown's soil mealybug, Sonoma ground mealybug, Sonoma Rhizoecus mealybug 
                                              Species Rhizoecus spelaea (Strickland, 1947)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus sphagni Williams, 1985  
                                              Species Rhizoecus spinipes (Hambleton, 1946)  
                                              Species Rhizoecus stangei McKenzie, 1962  
                                              Species Rhizoecus subcyperalis Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus szarukani Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus thailandicus Williams, 2004  
                                              Species Rhizoecus tricirculus Wu and Liu, 2008  
                                              Species Rhizoecus tropicalis Hambleton, 1976  
                                              Species Rhizoecus tubularis Konczné Benedicty and Kozár, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus ugandaensis Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2007  
                                              Species Rhizoecus variabilis Hambleton, 1978  
                                              Species Rhizoecus vitis Borchsenius, 1949  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, 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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