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Pityococcus McKenzie, 1942 (Pityococcidae)

Pityococcus McKenzie 1942: 3. Type species: Pityococcus ferrisi McKenzie by original designation . accepted valid name

Systematics: Koteja (2000c: 206) assigned this genus to the family Pityococcidae. Hodgson & Foldi (2006) accepted Koteja (2000c) interpretation and regraded this genus as a non-Margarodid taxon. Gullan & Cook (2007 regarded this genus among the archaeococcoid families. Pityococcus differs from the fossil Cancerococcus apterus with the following combination of characters: ocular sclerite with five pairs of simple eyes (vs. four in Cancerococcus), wings present (vs. absent in Cancerococcus). Gavrilov-Zimin, 2018, resurrected the tribe Pityococcini within the Margarodidae to place the genus Pityococcus in relation to other genera that he felt belonged in a subfamily of Xylococcinae (Desmococcus, and Pityococcus)
Structure: The adult female of the type species of this genus has well-developed antennae (7-segmented) and legs; 3-segmented labium (McKenzie, 1942).
General Remarks: Definition and characters by McKenzie (1942).

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