Cryptococcus (insect)

For the genus of fungus, see Cryptococcus.

Cryptococcus is a genus of scale insects in the family Eriococcidae.

Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus fagisuga, the beech scale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Eriococcidae
Genus:	Cryptococcus Douglas, 1890[1]
Species
Cryptococcus aceris Cryptococcus fagi Cryptococcus fagisuga Cryptococcus integricornis Cryptococcus nudatus Cryptococcus ulmi Cryptococcus williamsi