Phyllococcus
{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
{{Speciesbox
| name =
| status = EX
| extinct = yes
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Phyllococcus
| species = oahuensis
| authority = (Ehrhorn, 1912)
| synonyms =
- {{nowrap|Cissococcus oahuensis Ehrhorn, 1912}}
| synonyms_ref = {{ITIS |id=200946 |taxon=Phyllococcus oahuensis (Ehrhorn, 1912)}}
}}
Phyllococcus oahuensis is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae, and the only species in the genus Phyllococcus.{{cite book |editor=A. Raman |editor2=Carl W. Schaefer |editor3=Toni M. Withers |title=Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Gall-Inducing Arthropods |year=2005 |chapter=Gall-inducing scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) |pages=159–229 |isbn=978-1-57808-262-9 |publisher=CRC Press | url=http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/gullanandcranstonlab/Gullanpdfs/70Gullan_etal2005_B.pdf }} It was endemic to Hawaii.
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Category:Insects described in 1912
Category:Endemic fauna of Hawaii
Category:Extinct insects since 1500
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Monotypic Hemiptera genera
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