Gallacoccus is a genus of the scale insects commonly known as beesoniids. They typically cause galls on their plant hosts. Gallacoccus anthonyae is the type species. Female members of the genus Gallacoccus have only three instars, in contrast to the other beesoniid genera where the females have four.[1]
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Species edit
- Gallacoccus heckrothi Takagi, 2001
- Gallacoccus anthonyae Beardsley, 1971
- Gallacoccus secundus Beardsley, 1971
- Gallacoccus spinigalla Takagi, 2001
Notes edit
- ^ "Family: Beesoniidae". United States Department of Agriculture. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
References edit
- Beardsley, John W. (1971). "A new genus of gall-inhabiting Eriococcidae from Singapore (Homoptera: Coccoidea)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 21 (1): 31–39. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2013.
- Takagi, Sadao (2001). "Four gall-inducing eriococcids, with notes on dipterocarp-associated gall-inhabiting coccoids (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae and Beesoniidae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 58: 51–113.
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