Parasaissetia Nigra

	Parasaissetia Nigra ''Parasaissetia nigra'' is a species of soft scale insect in the family Coccidae The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be cover .... References Further reading * * * * Coccidae Insects described in 1861 {{Coccidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Nietner John Nietner born Johannes Werner Theodor Nietner (19 May 1828 - 21 February 1874) was a Prussian-born naturalist chiefly interested in botany and entomology. Born in Potsdam, he became a naturalized British citizen and owned a coffee plantation in Ceylon. During his stay in Ceylon from 1851 to 1874 he collected and described numerous insect species from the island. He also sent specimens for study by experts in Europe and many species such as ''Cethosia nietneri'' were named after him by others. Interested in insect pests, he wrote a booklet on the pests of coffee in 1861. Biography Johannes was born in Paretz, near Potsdam where his father Theodor Eduard Nietner (1790-1871) and mother Charlotte Louise Albertine or Bertha née Sello (1802-1835) belonged to court-gardener families. Theodor worked from 1822 as head gardener in the court of Queen Louise and Friedrich Wilhelm III. Bertha belonged to the court-gardener family of Sello and two of her brothers worked in the gardens at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Coccidae The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be covered with wax. In some genera they possess legs but in others, they do not, and the antennae may be shortened or missing. The males may be winged or wingless. Genera There are >1,100 spp. in 171 genera worldwide. Subfamily Myzolecaniinae * '' Akermes'' '' Alecanium'' '' Alecanopsis'' '' Cribolecanium'' '' Cryptostigma'' '' Cyclolecanium'' '' Halococcus'' '' Houardia'' '' Megasaissetia'' '' Myzolecanium'' '' Neolecanium'' '' Paractenochiton'' '' Pseudophilippia'' '' Richardiella'' '' Torarchus'' '' Toumeyella'' '' Xenolecanium'' * '' Antecerococcus'' * '' Ceroplastes'' * ''Coccus A coccus (plural cocci) is any bacterium or archaeon that has a spherical, ovoid, or generally round shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]