Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867)
(Longtailed Mealybug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pseudococcus longispinus (Longtailed Mealybug)
Genus	Pseudococcus (a genus of mealybugs)
Family	PSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs)
Superfamily	COCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pseudococcus longispinus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Pseudococcus longispinus (Longtailed Mealybug) :
1: Pseudococcus longispinus (Longtailed Mealybug)
9 Oct 2017	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
bad infestation on Moth Orchid flowers, (pot plant indoors)

Pseudococcus longispinus (Longtailed Mealybug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pseudococcus longispinus (Longtailed Mealybug)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pseudococcus longispinus (Longtailed Mealybug)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pseudococcus longispinus is also a member of:

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