Valid Names Results
Diaspis coccois (Lichtenstein, 1882) (Diaspididae: Diaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Diaspis coccoïs Lichtenstein 1882d: xxxvi-xxxvii. Type data: FRANCE: Montpellier, Botanical Garden, on Cocos sp., by J. Lichtenstein. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type depository unknown.
- Diaspis coccois Lichtenstein, 1882; Lichtenstein 1882d: xxxvi. emendation that is justified
- Aulacaspis tentaculatus (Morgan, 1893); Cockerell 1893j: 256. change of combination
- Diaspis tentaculatus Morgan 1893a: 41. Type data: JAMAICA: near Montego Bay, on Cocos sp.. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1937, SI-32). Notes: Type material presumed lost. Illustr.
- Aulacaspis boisduvali tentaculata Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell 1899n: 29. change in status (level)
- Aulacaspis coccois (Lichtenstein, 1882); Cockerell 1899j: 273. change of combination
- Diaspis boisduvalii coccois Fernald, 1903; Fernald 1903b: 228. change in status (level)
- Diaspis boisduvalii cocois Fernald, 1903; Schmutterer 1957a: 135. misspelling of species epithet
- Diaspis cocois Fernald, 1903; Lindinger 1957: 548. misspelling of species epithet
- Diaspis cocois Fernald, 1903; Gill 1997: 126-127. misspelling of species epithet
- Diaspis tenaculatus Morgan, 1893; Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 245. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- cochinilla blanca de la palmera Chiesa1948
- cocos scale Dekle1965c
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 11
- Anacardiaceae
- Tapirira guianensis | NormarOkMo2019
- Arecaceae
- Chamaerops | Borchs1966
- Cocos | Lichte1882d
- Cocos nucifera | Balach1954e
- Howea forsteriana | Borchs1966 | (= Kentia)
- Latania lontaroides | Cocker1896k | (= Latania commersonii)
- Livistona | Borchs1966
- Phoenix | Borchs1966
- Roystonea | Borchs1966
- Syagrus romanzoffiana | Balach1954e SoriaMoVi2000a | (= Arecastrum romanzoffianum) (= Cocos romanzoffiana)
- Orchidaceae
- Encyclia incumbens | Dekle1965c | (=Epidendrum aromaticum)
- Laelia speciosa | Dekle1965c | (= Laelia grandiflora)
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Cybocephalidae
- Cybocephalus | HertinSi1972
- Encyrtidae
- Coccidencyrtus malloi | PanisPi2001
- Plagiomerus | PanisPi2001a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 10
- Algeria | Balach1954e
- Chile | Charli1972
- Corsica | FoldiGe2018
- France | FoldiGe2018
- Italy | LongoMaPe1995
- Sicily | LongoMaPe1995
- Jamaica | Cocker1893j
- Panama | NormarOkMo2019
- Spain | SoriaMoVi2000a
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | Cocker1896k
- United States
- California | Gill1997
- Florida | Dekle1965c
Keys
- Gill1997: pp.125 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Diaspis]
- McKenz1956: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Diaspis Costa]
- Balach1954e: pp.178 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau d'identification des espèces du Diaspis]
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:53 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis]
Remarks
- Systematics: Although Diaspis boisduvalii is considered by some (Danzig, 1993) to be a senior synonym of Diaspis coccois they are here treated as separate valid taxa.
- Structure: Female scale circular, flat, thin, white, semitransparent, 1.2-2.25 mm in diameter, exuviae central to subcentral (Dekle, 1965c).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Soria et al. (2000a).
Illustrations
Citations
- AndersWuGr2010: phylogeny, taxonomy, 997-1003
- Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 178, 182
- BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 505
- Boraty1968a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 33, 35
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 170
- CampbeLaHu2014: phylogeny, 532
- Charli1972: distribution, 215
- Chiesa1948: chemical control, description, 176
- Chiesa1948a: distribution, host, 352
- Cocker1893j: distribution, 256
- Cocker1894d: distribution, taxonomy, 312
- Cocker1896k: distribution, host, v
- Cocker1899j: taxonomy, 273
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, taxonomy, 244-245
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 11, 55
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 115
- Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 228
- Ferris1937: distribution, host, taxonomy, SI-32
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:53
- Fleury1935a: distribution, 64
- Fleury1938: distribution, host, 74
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 9
- Gill1997: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 125, 126, 131
- Gonzal2016: distribution, illustration, 174-175
- GonzalCh1968: distribution, 110
- HertinSi1972: biological control, distribution, 180
- JohnsoLy1976: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 330
- Lichte1882d: description, distribution, taxonomy, xxxvi-xxxvii
- Lindin1912b: taxonomy, 360
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 548
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 126
- LongoMaPe1999a: distribution, 149
- Mackie1935: distribution, host, 429
- MalumpBa2012: distribution, host, 33
- MatileWi2007: description, 85-88
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 31, 105
- Miller2005: distribution, 487
- Morgan1893a: description, 41
- MorseNo2006: phylogeny, taxonomy, 340
- Nakaha1982: distribution, 31
- NormarOkMo2019: host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 19, 65
- PanisPi2001: biological control, distribution, 419, 420
- PanisPi2001a: biological control, distribution, 423
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 348
- Schmut1957a: distribution, host, 135
- Schmut1959: distribution, host, 186
- Scott1952: distribution, host, taxonomy, 35
- SoriaMoVi2000a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 317-321
- Wester1918: host, 53
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219
- Zahrad1968: taxonomy, 18
- Zahrad1977: distribution, taxonomy, 120
