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Callipappidae
Callipappidae is a family of scales and mealybugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least two genera and about nine described species in Callipappidae. Genera These two genera belong to the family Callipappidae: * '' Callipappus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1841 * '' Platycoelostoma'' Morrison, 1923 References Further reading * Scale insects {{sternorrhyncha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callipappus
''Callipappus'' is a genus of scale insects in the family Callipappidae in the order Hemiptera. There are five described species A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have ... in the genus, all from Australia. Genera Five species have been described: * '' Callipappus australis'' (Maskell, 1890) * '' Callipappus farinosus'' Fuller, 1897 * '' Callipappus immanis'' (Maskell, 1892) * '' Callipappus rubiginosus'' (Maskell, 1893) * '' Callipappus westwoodii'' Guérin-Méneville, 1841 References Scale insects Sternorrhyncha genera Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville {{Sternorrhyncha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to around , and share a common arrangement of piercing-sucking mouthparts. The name "true bugs" is often limited to the suborder Heteroptera. Entomologists reserve the term ''bug'' for Hemiptera or Heteroptera,Gilbert Waldbauer. ''The Handy Bug Answer Book.'' Visible Ink, 1998p. 1. which does not include other arthropods or insects of other orders such as ants, bees, beetles, or butterflies. In some variations of English, all terrestrial arthropods (including non-insect arachnids, and myriapods) also fall under the colloquial understanding of ''bug''. Many insects with "bug" in their common name, especially in American English, belong to other orders; for example, the lovebug is a fly and the Maybug and ladybug are beetles. The term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
