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Ericerus Guérin-Méneville, 1858 (Coccidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus (Ericerus) Guérin-Méneville 1858: lxvii. Type species: Coccus pela Chavannes by monotypy . accepted valid name Notes: Type species was originally listed as Cocccus ceriferus Fabricius (in the sense of Anderson) but this was a misidentification of Coccus pela Chavannes, 1847. (see Morrison & Morrison, 1966)
• Pela Targioni Tozzetti 1866: 140. Type species: Pela cerifera Targioni Tozzetti by monotypy and original designation . junior synonym (discovered by Fernal1903b: 146)
• Curycerus Targioni Tozzetti 1867: 19;. . misspelling of genus name
• Eurycerus Targioni Tozzetti 1867: 19;. . misspelling of genus name
• Ericerus Guérin-Méneville, 1858; Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 729. . change in status (level)
• Eriocerus Cotes 1893: 91;. . misspelling of genus name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Eulecaniinae. Tribe: Eulecaniini. Pela Targioni Tozzetti, 1866, was proposed in the binomen Pela cerifera as a substitute for Coccus pela Westwood. Pela is an isogenotypic synonym of Ericerus.
• General Remarks: Definition and characters given by Danzig (1980a) and by Hodgson (1994a). described by Ferris (1950a)

Keys

Associated References

• Ashmea1891: taxonomy, pp. 100
• BenDov1993: catalog, pp. 109
• Cocker1894v: taxonomy, pp.
• Danzig1967: description, taxonomy, pp. 167
• Danzig1980b: description, taxonomy, pp. 285
• Danzig1988: description, taxonomy, pp. 717
• DeLott1971: taxonomy, pp. 146
• Fernal1903b: pp. 146
• Ferris1950a: description, taxonomy, pp. 72
• Guerin1858: description, taxonomy, pp. lxvii
• Hodgso1994a: description, taxonomy, pp. 235-237
• Kawai1980: description, taxonomy, pp. 165-166
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 52,68,75,150
• Paik1978: description, taxonomy, pp.
• Signor1874: description, taxonomy, pp. 90-91
• Tang1991: description, taxonomy, pp. 152-153
• Tao1999: taxonomy, pp. 56
• Targio1866: description, taxonomy, pp. 140
• Targio1867: taxonomy, pp. 19,41
• Targio1868: description, taxonomy, pp. 729
• Wang1980: description, taxonomy, pp. 49
• WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 16
• Yang1982: description, taxonomy, pp. 171

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