Gouxia danielaferreroae is a species of mealybug that lives in France. It was placed in a monotypic genus by Lucien Goux in 1989, but the genus name he used, Giraudia, was a junior homonym of at least two other animal genera. The genus was renamed Gouxia in his honour in 2009.[1]

Gouxia
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Gouxia

Koçak & Kemal, 2009
Species:
G. danielaferreroae
Binomial name
Gouxia danielaferreroae
(Goux, 1989)
Synonyms
  • Giraudia Goux, 1989
  • Giraudia danielaferreroae Goux, 1989

References

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  1. ^ Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2009). "Gouxia nom. n., a replacement name of a genus group taxon in the order Hemiptera (Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae)". Miscellaneous Papers. 149. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1.