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New sea mealybug

Pseudococcus neomaritimus Beardsley Jr., 1966

Status not recordedinsects

The new sea mealybug (Pseudococcus neomaritimus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Guam, Kiribati and Marshall Islands.

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Quick facts about the new sea mealybug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the new sea mealybug live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The new sea mealybug is listed for 3 countries.

  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Guam
  2. Kiribati
  3. Marshall Islands

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the new sea mealybug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the new sea mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPseudococcus
  7. SpeciesPseudococcus neomaritimus Beardsley Jr., 1966

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the new sea mealybug

Other species in the same genus Pseudococcus.

Cape mealybug

Pseudococcus viburni

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the new sea mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the new sea mealybug for 3 countries: Guam, Kiribati and Marshall Islands. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the new sea mealybug?

The new sea mealybug (Pseudococcus neomaritimus) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). New sea mealybug (Pseudococcus neomaritimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-sea-mealybug

MLA

“New sea mealybug (Pseudococcus neomaritimus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-sea-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{new_sea_mealybug_2026,
  title = {New sea mealybug (Pseudococcus neomaritimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-sea-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}