Beesoniidae
| Beesoniidae | |
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| Gall of a Beesoniidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Coccomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Beesoniidae Ferris, 1950[1] |
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Beesoniidae is a family of
C.F.C. Beeson who obtained the specimens from which they were described and named.[3]
Host species
In the Old World, this members of this family are found on oaks in the genus palms (Arecaceae).[2]
The Australian Beesonia ferrugineus forms galls on branches of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). However, the genus and family placement of B. ferrugineus has been questioned.[4]
Life cycle
Most scales in this family have four female instars and five male instars. Members of the genus Gallacoccus have only three female instars however.[2]
The females form galls which are often quite ornate. In some species the first instars seem to act as soldiers and attempt to guard the gall. Males appear to develop inside the female galls, and adult males may carry the first-instar females to new host plants (phoresis).[2]
Genera
References
Wikispecies has information related to Beesoniidae.
- ^ Ferris, G.F. (1950). "Report upon scale insects collected in China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Part I. (Contribution no. 66)". Microentomology. 15: 1–34.
- ^ a b c d "Beesoniidae | Scale Insects". idtools.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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- ^ "Beesonia ferrugineus". scalenet.info. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
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