Valid Names Results

Akermes pinguis (Maskell, 1895) (Coccidae: Akermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lecanium pingue Maskell 1895b: 58. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Bankstown near Sydney; on Dillwynia juniperina. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Lecanium scrobiculatum pingue Maskell, 1895; Maskell 1896b: 392. change of combination
• Akermes pinguis (Maskell, 1895); Cockerell 1902k: 453. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination and rank

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Systematics: The adult males of Akermes scrobiculatus and A. pingue are very similar, only differing in a few small particulars, the significance of which is uncertain due to the few specimens studied. However, the study of the adult females shows that these two species are distinct. Neither A. scrobiculatus nor A. pinguis are congeneric with Akermes bruneri Cockerell but are considered to belong to the subfamily Myzolecaniinae as understood in 2020.. (Hodgson, 2020)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of male in Hodgson, 2020.

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