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Distichlicoccus sahuayoensis Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992

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 sahuayoensis Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992
Name authority
Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. suborderSternorrhyncha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
  8. infraorderCoccomorpha
  9. familyPseudococcidae
  10. genusDistichlicoccus Ferris, 1950
  11. speciesDistichlicoccus sahuayoensis Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Distichlicoccus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Distichlicoccus alkalinus (Cockerell, 1902)PseudococcidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
yellow mealybugDistichlicoccus californicus (Ehrhorn, 1911)PseudococcidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
large-circulus mealybugDistichlicoccus megacirculus McKenzie, 1967PseudococcidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
salt grass mealybugDistichlicoccus salinus (Cockerell, 1902)PseudococcidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 71 records assigned to Pseudococcidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

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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.

  1. Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. (1992) In Mealybugs of Central and South America. CAB International, London, England. 635 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:36XHT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.