Valid Names Results

Coccus subhemisphaericus (Newstead, 1917) (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

Lecanium (Saissetia) subhemisphaericum Newstead 1917: 363. Type data: UGANDA: Naguriga, Chagwe and GHANA: Aburi, on coffee.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Coccus subhemisphaericus (Newstead, 1917); De Lotto 1957c: 310. change of combination
Coccus subhemisphericus (Newstead, 1917); Łagowska & Hodgson 2019: 383. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Myrtaceae

Myrcianthes fragrans | DeLott1957c | (= Eugenia aromatica)

Rubiaceae

Bertiera racemosa | CouturMaRi1985
Coffea | Newste1917
Coffea arabica | DeLott1957c
Coffea canephora | Almeid1973b CouturMaRi1985 DeLott1967a | (= Coffea robusta)

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Encyrtidae

Metaphycus lepelleyi | Comper1940a
Metaphycus stanleyi | GuerriNo2000

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Formicidae

Oecophylla longinoda | VayssiGrSi2020

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 9

Angola | Almeid1973b DeLott1967a

Benin | VayssiGrSi2020

Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | BenDov1993

Ethiopia | DeLott1959

Ghana | Newste1917

Kenya | DeLott1957c

Tanzania | Kondo2013

Uganda | Newste1917

Zanzibar | DeLott1957c

Keys

LagowsHo2019: pp.382-384 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species from Africa]
DeLott1959: pp.153-154 ( Adult (F) ) [Ethiopian Coccus sp.]

Remarks

Illustrations

Citations

Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 3
BenDov1993: catalog, 90
Comper1940a: biological control, distribution, host, 7-33
CouturMaRi1985: distribution, host, 275
DeLott1957c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 310-312
DeLott1959: distribution, key, taxonomy, 153, 154
DeLott1967a: distribution, host, 111
Kondo2013: distribution, host, 45
LagowsHo2019: key, 382-384
Newste1917: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 363
VayssiGrSi2020: ant association,
Watson2021: distribution, 521
WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 44