Valid Names Results
Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904) (Coccidae: Coccus)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium capparidis Green 1904d: 187. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Capparis moonii.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaWa1990,85). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904); Sanders 1906: 8. change of combination
- Lecanium (Coccus) capparidis Green, 1904; Green 1937: 299. change of combination
- Coccus arens Hodgson 1968a: 114. Type data: EGYPT: Giza, on Panax sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov1980, 262).
Common Names
- capparis soft scale GillNaWi1977 HamonWi1984
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 21 | Genera: 32
- Apocynaceae
- Alyxia stellata | GillNaWi1977 Nakaha1981a | (= Alyxia olivaeformis)
- Asclepias curassavica | WilliaWa1990
- Nerium oleander | HamonWi1984
- Plumeria rubra | WilliaWa1990
- Araceae
- Xanthosoma | WilliaWa1990
- Araliaceae
- Meryta macrophylla | WilliaWa1990
- Panax | BenDov1980 Hodgso1968a
- Polyscias balfouriana | HamonWi1984 | (= Aralia balfouriana)
- Asteraceae
- Bidens pilosa | WilliaWa1990
- Boraginaceae
- Cordia subcordata | WilliaWa1990
- Campanulaceae
- Clermontia | Nakaha1981a
- Cannaceae
- Canna indica | WilliaWa1990
- Capparaceae
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros virginiana | HamonWi1984
- Euphorbiaceae
- Codiaeum | GillNaWi1977
- Croton | GillNaWi1977
- Jatropha integerrima | MestreHaEv2011
- Lamiaceae
- Premna | WilliaWa1990
- Malvaceae
- Abelmoschus manihot | WilliaWa1990 | (= Hibiscus manihot)
- Moraceae
- Artocarpus altilis | WilliaWa1990
- Musaceae
- Musa paradisiaca | WilliaWa1990
- Nyctaginaceae
- Mirabilis jalapa | WilliaWa1990
- Orchidaceae
- Dendrobium | GillNaWi1977
- Paphiopedilum villosum | GillNaWi1977 | (= Cypripedium villosum)
- Pteridaceae
- Acrostichum aureum | GillNaWi1977
- Rubiaceae
- Guettarda speciosa | WilliaWa1990
- Morinda citrifolia | WilliaWa1990
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | Nakaha1981a
- Citrus aurantium | BenDov1980
- Citrus paradisi | BenDov1980
- Citrus sinensis | WilliaWa1990
- Murraya paniculata | Nakaha1981a
- Scrophulariaceae
- Myoporum tenuifolium | BenDov1980 | (= Myoporum acuminatum)
- Verbenaceae
- Lantana camara | WilliaWa1990
- Stachytarpheta | WilliaWa1990
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus lounsburyi | GuerriNo2000
- Metaphycus swirskii | Blumbe1997 BlumbeSw1984
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 14
- Bahamas | HamonWi1984
- China
- Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | MartinLa2011
- Cuba | MestreHaEv2011
- Egypt | BenDov1980 Hodgso1968a
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | BenDov1993
- Honduras | HamonWi1984
- India | ShafeeYoKh1989
- West Bengal | AvasthSh1991
- Israel | BenDov1980
- Kiribati | BenDov1993
- Laos |
- Sri Lanka | Ali1971 Green1937
- Tonga | BenDov1993
- United States
- Florida | HamonWi1984
- Western Samoa | BenDov1993
Keys
- CaoWaHo2022: pp.126 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species in China]
- LagowsHo2019: pp.382-384 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species from Africa]
- ChoiSoLe2018: pp.6-7 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccidae in Laos]
- MohammMo2013: pp.146-148 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species and subspecies of family coccidae in Egypt]
- WangFe2012a: pp.61 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Coccus known from China]
- Tang1991: pp.78 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- WilliaWa1990: pp.82 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific]
- HamonWi1984: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, Florida]
Remarks
- Structure: See colour photograph in Hamon & Williams (1984). Dorsum with setae clavate; tubular ducts absent; duct tubercles present and preopercular pores present anterior to anal plates. Marginal setae spinose with pointed or slightly fimbiate apices. (Choi, et al., 2018)
- Biology: In Israel it reproduces parthenogenetically. On citrus the females infest the undersurface of leaves (Ben-Dov, 1980). Blumberg & Swirski (1984) studied the encapsulation response to parasitoids.
- Economic Importance: Coccus capparidis has been listed as a pest of citrus in Egypt and in Israel. (Choi, et al., 2018)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Hodgson (1968a) (as C. arens, Gill et al., (1977), Hamon & Williams (1984) and by Williams & Watson (1990).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 29
- Ali1971: distribution, 22
- AvasthSh1991: distribution, taxonomy, 334
- BenDov1980: distribution, host, 262
- BenDov1993: catalog, 68-69
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 25, 44
- Blumbe1997: biological control, ecology, 225-236
- BlumbeSw1984: biological control, economic importance, life history, 29-35
- CaoWaHo2022: key, 126
- ChoiLe2018: morphology, 127
- ChoiSoLe2018: diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 22-24
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 229
- GillNaWi1977: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 16-18
- Green1904d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 187
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 299
- HamonWi1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 40-42
- Hodgso1968a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 114-115
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 10
- KozarWa1985: catalog, 76
- LagowsHo2019: key, 382-384
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, 34
- MestreHaEv2011: distribution, host, 6
- MestreKo2018: distribution, 5
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
- MohammMo2013: distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 147, 155
- Nakaha1981a: distribution, host, 390
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 349
- Sander1906: catalog, distribution, host, 8
- ShafeeYoKh1989: distribution, host, 50
- Tang1991: distribution, host, taxonomy, 80-81
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, taxonomy, 83
- WangFe2012a: taxonomy, 61
- Willia2001: distribution, 225-227
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 207
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 9,14
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85-87
