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Clavicoccus erinaceus

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Extinct species of true bug

Clavicoccus erinaceus
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Clavicoccus
Species: C. erinaceus
Binomial name
Clavicoccus erinaceus
Ferris, 1948

Clavicoccus erinaceus is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae. It was endemic to Oʻahu, where it lived on its host plant, the now critically endangered greenflower Indian mallow, Abutilon sandwicense.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Clavicoccus erinaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4961A11102700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4961A11102700.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Beardsley, John W. Jr. (1971). "New genera and species of Hawaiian Pseudococcidae (Homoptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 21 (1): 41–58. hdl:10125/10988.
Taxon identifiers
Clavicoccus erinaceus


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