Valid Names Results

Lecanopsis fallax (Giard, 1894) (Coccidae: Lecanopsis)

Nomenclatural History

• Spermococcus fallax Giard 1894: cxcix. Type data: FRANCE: Wimereux, on roots of various plants mainly on Gramineae.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost (D. Matile-Ferrero, 1989, personal communication).
• Lecanopsis fallax (Giard, 1894); Borchsenius 1957: 92. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Systematics: No specimens were available for study and none appear to have been collected since Giard collected the original material. Matile-Ferrero (pers. comm.) has visited the original site but was unable to find this interesting species. What follows is a literal translation of the original description (Hodgson, 1994a).
• General Remarks: Good description of the adult female and first-instar nymph given by Borchsenius (1957).

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