Parasaissetia

Parasaissetia
P. nigra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Coccidae
Genus:	Parasaissetia

Parasaissetia is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Coccidae. There are about five described species in Parasaissetia.[1]

Species

• Parasaissetia ficicola De Lotto, 1965
• Parasaissetia litorea De Lotto, 1967
• Parasaissetia nairobica (De Lotto, 1957)
• Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner, 1861)
• Parasaissetia tsaratananae (Mamet, 1951)

References

1. "Browse Parasaissetia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.