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Desmococcus McKenzie, 1942 (Pityococcidae)

Desmococcus McKenzie 1942: 7. Type species: Desmococcus captivus McKenzie by original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: The adult female of the type species is characterised mainly in antennae reduced to small oval disks; absence of legs; and three-segmented labium (McKenzie, 1942). Koteja (2000: 171) discussed the history of family placement of this genus and concluded " It is certainly logical that a genus, such as the two [Desmococcus and Pityococcus] considered here, which cannot be satisfactorily affliated with any family should be considered as a distinct family [Pityococcidae]". Gavrilov-Zimin, 2018, resurrected the tribe Pityococcini within the Margarodidae to place the genus Desmococcus in relation to other genera that he felt belonged in a subfamily of Xylococcinae (Desmococcus, and Pityococcus)
General Remarks: Description and definition by McKenzie (1942).

BenDov2005a: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 32
Foldi2001a: taxonomy, pp. 199
Gavril2018: biology, diagnosis, illustration, reproduction, taxonomy, pp. 111-113
Gill1993: description, taxonomy, pp. 34, 36
GullanCo2007: taxonomy, pp. 413-425
Koteja2000: taxonomy, pp. 171
McKenz1942: description, taxonomy, pp. 7-8, 10
Miller1971b: taxonomy, pp. 66
MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 56