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Pseudococcus schusteri Gimpel & Miller, 1996

Escama, Schuster Galapagos mealybug

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Sternorrhyncha

Superfamily
Coccoidea

Family
Pseudococcidae

Genus
Pseudococcus

Species
schusteri

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Ecology

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Vachellia macracantha (Acacia).

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Lincango, M.P. Hodgson, C. & Causton, C. (2008) Lista anotada de los insectos escama (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.
  • Lincango, P. Hodgson, C., Causton, C. & Miller, D. (2010) An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research, 67: 3-7.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudococcus schusteri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11701. Accessed 2 November 2026.