Valid Names Results

Coccus discrepans (Green, 1904) (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Lecanium discrepans Green 1904d: 204. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punadluoya, Yatiyantota and Passara, on tea plant.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Saissetia discrepans (Green, 1904); Sanders 1906: 9. change of combination
• Coccus discrepans (Green, 1904); Morrison 1920: 654. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 16 | Genera: 20

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaoWaHo2022: pp.126 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species in China]
• WangFe2012a: pp.61 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Coccus known from China]
• Tang1991: pp.77 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• TaoWoCh1983: pp.63 ( Adult (F) ) [Taiwan]
• Kawai1980: pp.141-142 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae A, Coccini (Choi & Lee, 2019)
• Structure: See colour photograph in Wong et al. (1999).
• Biology: Attended by and enclosed in nests of Crematogaster dohrni (Green, 1937).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Tao et al. (1983) and by Tang (1991).

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