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pineapple mealybug
Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893)
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
- Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893)
- Name authority
- (Cockerell, 1893)
- Common name
- pineapple mealybug
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pseudococcidae
- Genus
- Dysmicoccus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
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- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderSternorrhyncha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- infraorderCoccomorpha
- familyPseudococcidae
- genusDysmicoccus Ferris, 1950
- speciesDysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dysmicoccus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dysmicoccus ambiguus (Morrison, 1925) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus amnicola Williams & Watson, 1988 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus anicus Williams, 1985 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orange-colored mealybugDysmicoccus aurantius | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus banksi Williams, 1985 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| short-digitule mealybugDysmicoccus brachydactylus Miller & McKenzie, 1971 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus celmisicola (Cox, 1987) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus comitatus Williams & Watson, 1988 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus coorongae Williams, 1985 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus darienensis Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992 | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| buttonweed mealybugDysmicoccus diodium (McConnell, 1941) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysmicoccus fimbriatulus (Cockerell & King, 1902) | PseudococcidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dactylopius brevipes Cockerell, 1893 Cockerell, 1893 | synonym |
| Pseudococcus defluiteri Betrem, 1937 Betrem, 1937 | synonym |
| Pseudococcus missionum Cockerell, 1910 Cockerell, 1910 | synonym |
| Dysmicoccus brevipens Cockerell, 1893 Cockerell, 1893 | synonym |
| Dysmioccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) (Cockerell, 1893) | synonym |
| ysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) (Cockerell, 1893) | synonym |
| Dactylopius (Pseudococcus) ananassae Kuwana, 1909 Kuwana, 1909 | synonym |
| Pseudococcus pseudobrevipes Mamet, 1941 Mamet, 1941 | synonym |
| Pseudococcus palauensis Kanda, 1933 Kanda, 1933 | synonym |
| Pseudococcus cannae Green, 1934 Green, 1934 | synonym |
| Pseudococcus longirostralis James, 1936 James, 1936 | synonym |
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.
- Cockerell, T.D.A. (1893) The West Indian species of Dactylopius. The Entomologist, 26.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:389N7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.