Blue-green mealybugs

"Blue-green" mealybugs are a group of related mealybug genera whose insides, during adulthood, are usually of the color which gives them their collective name.[1] Alternately, this group may be referred to as blue-black mealybugs.[2] It includes the genera Amonostherium, Australicoccus, Melanococus, and Nipaecoccus.[3]

While the exact relationships between various scale insects are often contested, one suggestion is to class all (and only) the blue-green mealybugs in the sub-family Trabutininae.[4]

References

1. McKenzie 1967, p. 52.
2. Mani 2016, p. 54.
3. Thao, Gullan & Baumann 2002, p. 3194.
4. Downie & Gullan 2004, p. 240.

Bibliography

• Downie, D. A.; Gullan, P. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidae: Pseudococcidae) Based on DNA sequences from Three Nuclear Genes, and a Review of the Higher Classification". Systematic Entomology. 29: 238–259. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00241.x.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Mani, M. (2016). "Taxonomy". In M. Mani; C. Shivaraju (eds.). Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops. Springer India. ISBN 978-81-322-2677-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• McKenzie, Howard Lester (1967). Mealybugs of California: With Taxonomy, Biology, and Control of North American Species (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae). University of California Press. p. 52. GGKEY:QPJX206YQYC.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Thao, MyLo Ly; Gullan, Penny J.; Baumann, Paul (2002). "Secondary (γ-Proteobacteria) Endosymbionts Infect the Primary (β-Proteobacteria) Endosymbionts of Mealybugs Multiple Times and Coevolve with Their Hosts" (PDF). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology. 68 (7): 3190–3197. doi:10.1128/aem.68.7.3190-3197.2002.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)