Prorsococcus

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Hemiptera

| subordo = Sternorrhyncha

| familia = Pseudococcidae

| genus = Prorsococcus

| species = P. acanthodus

| binomial = Prorsococcus acanthodus

| genus_authority = Williams, 1985

| binomial_authority = Williams, 1985

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Prorsococcus is a genus of mealybug native to Australia. The genus only contains the single species Prorsococcus acanthodus, described by Williams in 1985.{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=D.J.|title=Australian mealybugs|date=1985|publisher=British Museum (Natural History)|location=London|isbn=0-565-00953-2|page=275|edition=1st}}{{cite web|author1=Department of the Environment|title=Genus Prorsococcus Williams, 1985|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Prorsococcus|publisher=Government of Australia|accessdate=18 August 2014|location=Canberra|work=Australian Biological Resources Study (Australian Faunal Directory)|date=15 May 2015}} Prorsococcus acanthodus is regularly attended by the ant Ochetellus flavipes, where they will build them shelters from predators.{{cite journal|last1=Morton|first1=S. R.|last2=Christian|first2=K. A.|title=Ecological Observations on the Spinifex Ant, Ochetellus flavipes (Kirby) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), of Australia's Northern Arid Zone|journal=Australian Journal of Entomology|date=November 1994|volume=33|issue=4|pages=309–316|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01235.x|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230168782|doi-access=free}}