Valid Names Results
Hemilecanium ferox (Newstead, 1917) (Coccidae: Hemilecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Platysaissetia ferox Newstead 1917: 344. Type data: NIGERIA: Southern Nigeria, Calabar Botanical Gardens, on a hard-wooded scrub.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name
- Platysaissetia fouabii Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet 1985: 263. Type data: IVORY COAST: Tai, on Xylopia aethiopica.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Hodgso1991a, 194).
- Etiennea ferox (Newstead, 1917); Hodgson 1991a: 194. change of combination
- Hemilecanium ferox (Newstead, 1917); Kondo & Hardy 2008: 193. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Annonaceae
- Xylopia aethiopica | Hodgso1991a MatileLe1985
- Xylopia quintasii | MatileLe1985
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | MatileLe1985
- Nigeria | Hodgso1993 Newste1917
Keys
- KondoHo2013: pp.509-511 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Hemilecanium Newstead]
- KondoHo2013: pp.512 ( First instar ) [Key to known first-instars of Hemilecanium Newstead]
- KondoHa2008: pp.195-197 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Hemilecanium]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Matile-Ferrero & Le Ruyet (1985) (as Platysaissetia fouabii) and by Hodgson (1991a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 116
- CouturMaRi1985: distribution, host, 277
- DixLuMoKu2019: morphology, 253
- Hodgso1991a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 194-197
- Hodgso1993: distribution, host, 194
- KondoHa2008: taxonomy, 192-197
- KondoHo2013: taxonomy, 510,512
- MatileLe1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 263-265
- Newste1917: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 344-347
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 209
