Valid Names Results
Coccus africanus (Newstead, 1898) (Coccidae: Coccus)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium viride africanum Newstead 1898: 95. Type data: NIGERIA: Lagos, on coffee.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Coccus viridis africanus (Newstead, 1898); Fernald 1903b: 174. change of combination
- Coccus africanus (Newstead, 1898); De Lotto 1960: 389. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 8
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa spinarum | DeLott1957c | (= Carissa edulis)
- Boraginaceae
- Ehretia cymosa | DeLott1957c | (= Ehretia silvatica)
- Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia | DeLott1957c
- Myrtaceae
- Psidium guajava | DeLott1957c
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | DeLott1957c DeLott1960 Newste1917
- Coffea arabica | DeLott1957c
- Coffea canephora | DeLott1957c | (= Coffea robusta)
- Gardenia | DeLott1957c
- Rutaceae
- Citrus limon | DeLott1957c
- Theaceae
- Camellia | LePell1959 | (= Thea)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- Angola | Almeid1973b
- Eritrea | BenDov1993 CABI1994 DeLott1957c
- Ethiopia | DeLott1959
- Kenya | DeLott1957c
- Nigeria | DeLott1957c DeLott1960 Vayssi1913
- Uganda | DeLott1957c Newste1917
Keys
- LagowsHo2019: pp.382-384 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species from Africa]
- DeLott1959: pp.156-154 ( Adult (F) ) [Ethiopian Coccus sp.]
Remarks
- Biology: Biology and pest status on coffee presented by Le Pelley (1968).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1957c; 1960). The specimens on which De Lotto’s (1957c) record of C. africanus in Kenya was based are held in NHMUK collection (4 slides) and have been re-identified as C. alpinus. Therefore, the distribution record for Kenya may be in question. (Watson, 2021)
Illustrations
Citations
- Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 2
- BenDov1993: catalog, 66,68
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 394
- DeLott1957c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 296-298
- DeLott1959: distribution, key, taxonomy, 151, 153, 154
- DeLott1960: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 389-393
- Fernal1903b: 174
- GillKo1997: distribution, economic importance, host, 161-163
- Kondo2013: distribution, host, 45
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 10
- LagowsHo2019: key, 382-384
- LePell1959: biological control, distribution, host,
- Newste1898: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 95-96
- Newste1917: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 357-359
- Vayssi1913: distribution, host, 430
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 206
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 7,47
