Valid Names Results

Dermolecanium Zavattari in Casazza, 1928 (Coccidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Dermolecanium Zavattari in Casazza 1928: 410. Type species: Dermolecanium migrans Zavattari by monotypy . accepted valid name
• Dermatolecanium Zavattari in Casazza, 1928; Lindinger 1937: 183. . emendation that is unjustified

Remarks

• Systematics: This genus was established for the type species which was described from the first-instar or crawler of a species of the Coccidae. The nymphs were reported to be responsible for a serious skin injury in humans in the Pavia district of Garlasco, Italy. Both Silvestri (1939) and Morrison & Morrison (1966), concluded that the evidence that the skin condition was caused by the coccid nymphs was unconvincing. No material of D. migrans exists, and it is unlikely that the taxonomic identity of this genus will ever be clarified. However, nomenclaturally the genus is valid.

Keys

Associated References

• BenDov1993: catalog, pp. 105
• Casazz1928: description, taxonomy, pp. 410
• Hodgso1994a: taxonomy, pp. 218
• Lindin1937: taxonomy, pp. 183
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 56
• Silves1939: taxonomy, pp.

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