NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
large-circulus mealybug
Distichlicoccus megacirculus McKenzie, 1967
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Distichlicoccus megacirculus McKenzie, 1967
- Name authority
- McKenzie, 1967
- Common name
- large-circulus mealybug
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pseudococcidae
- Genus
- Distichlicoccus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderSternorrhyncha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- infraorderCoccomorpha
- familyPseudococcidae
- genusDistichlicoccus Ferris, 1950
- speciesDistichlicoccus megacirculus McKenzie, 1967
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Distichlicoccus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Distichlicoccus alkalinus (Cockerell, 1902) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow mealybugDistichlicoccus californicus (Ehrhorn, 1911) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Distichlicoccus sahuayoensis Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| salt grass mealybugDistichlicoccus salinus (Cockerell, 1902) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- McKenzie, H.L. (1967) In Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). University of California Press, Berkeley. 526 pp. [in English]Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36XHR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.