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Definition of Genus Pseudococcus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Pseudococcidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcidae
Member holonyms: Citrophilous Mealybug, Citrophilus Mealybug, Pseudococcus Fragilis, Comstock Mealybug, Comstock's Mealybug, Pseudococcus Comstocki
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pseudococcus
Literary usage of Genus Pseudococcus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teachers' Manual: Or, the Best Method of Teaching the Natural History of by Matthew Cooke (1884)
"Q.—Name the examples given in the illustrations .' genus Pseudococcus. Q.—Describe
the characters by which the insects of this genus are ..."
2. Forest Entomology by Alexander Thomson Gillanders (1908)
"... details of structure can only be seen under high powers, of which the salient
features are spinnerets and rudimentary antennae. Genus PSEUDOCOCCUS. ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1893)
"Note on the genus Pseudococcus Westwood. By TDA COCKERELL. According to Scudder (Nom.
Zool., p. ..."
4. Teachers' Manual, Or, the Best Method of Teaching the Natural History of by Matthew Cooke (1884)
"genus Pseudococcus. Q.—Describe the characters by which the insects of this genus
are distinguished ? Genus Coccus. ..."
5. Injurious Insects of the Orchard, Vineyard, Field, Garden, Conservatory by Matthew Cooke (1883)
"324. anal ring with six hairs. Examples—the Mealy Bug with long threads (Fig.
323), and the Destructive Mealy Bug (Fig. 324). Genus PSEUDOCOCCUS (Westwood). ..."
6. An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand by William Miles Maskell (1887)
"Genus : PSEUDOCOCCUS, Westwood. Adult females covered with cottony secretion;
stationary; antenna: of nine joints; anogenital ring conspicuous, ..."