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Coccus caudatus Walker, 1852 (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus caudatus Walker 1852: 1085. Type data: COLOMBIA: from Dr. Cuming's collection.. Syntypes, male, by present designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Sáo Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva da Universidade Federal de Sáo Carlos, Sáo Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name

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• Systematics: There is also the species Coccus caudatus (Green, 1896) which is a secondary homonym of Coccus caudatus Walker, 1852, and a junior synonym of Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner). Fernald (1903b: 325) listed this species among the unrecognizable species of Coccus, while suggesting "A Phenacoccus?".
• General Remarks: Originally described from the adult male only (Walker, 1852).

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