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Saissetia

Poole, Karen E.

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Saissetia is a genus of soft scale insects in the family Coccidae. There are at least four described species in Saissetia.

Species

Hemispherical Scale

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilyCharopidae
Observations1,067

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
351
With media
326
Family
Coccidae
Collections
EMEC, CASC, NHMUK, MEMU
Recorded in
Australia, United States, Netherlands, Guyana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Coccidae
Image
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taxon name
Saissetia
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Saissetia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

Saissetia is a genus of soft scale insects in the family Coccidae. There are at least four described species in Saissetia.

==Species== Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852) (hemispherical scale) Saissetia miranda (Cockerell and Parrott, 1899) Saissetia neglecta De Lotto, 1969 Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791)

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