Gallacoccus Explained

Gallacoccus is a genus of the scale insects commonly known as beesoniids. They typically cause galls on their plant hosts. Gallacoccus anthonyae is the type species. Female members of the genus Gallacoccus have only three instars, in contrast to the other beesoniid genera where the females have four.^[1]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Gallacoccus:

• Gallacoccus anthonyae Beardsley, 1971 (Singapore)
• Gallacoccus heckrothi Takagi, 2001 (Malaysia)
• Gallacoccus secundus Beardsley, 1971 (Singapore)
• Gallacoccus spinigalla Takagi, 2001 (Malaysia)

References

• Beardsley, John W.. 1971. A new genus of gall-inhabiting Eriococcidae from Singapore (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 21. 1. 31 - 39. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227075337/http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/10987/21_31-39.pdf. 27 December 2013. live.
• Takagi, Sadao. 2001. Four gall-inducing eriococcids, with notes on dipterocarp-associated gall-inhabiting coccoids (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae and Beesoniidae). Insecta Matsumurana. 58. 51 - 113.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008. Family: Beesoniidae. United States Department of Agriculture. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222442/http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalekeys/ScaleFamilies/key/Scale%20Families/Media/Html/ScaleFamilies/Families/Beesonia/Beesonia.html. 4 October 2013. dead.