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Lecanopsis radicumgraminis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834) (Coccidae: Lecanopsis)

Coccus fragariae Gmelin 1790: 2219. junior synonym (discovered by Fernal1903b, 114).
Coccus fragrariae Gmelin, 1790; Turton 1802: 715. misspelling of species epithet
Coccus radicum-graminis Boyer de Fonscolombe 1834: 212. Type data: FRANCE: southern France, Saint-Canadet, on Festuca caespitosa.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost; D. Matile-Ferrero, 1989, personal communication to Yair Ben-Dov.
Coccus fonscolombei Gistel 1848. junior synonym (discovered by Lindin1937, 187).
Lecanopsis ? radicum graminis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Signoret 1874: 96. change of combination
Lecanopsis radicumgraminis; (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Ben-Dov 1993: 159. emendation that is justified

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The author was incorrectly cited, in most pre-2000 publications, as "Fonscolombe". The correct name is "Boyer de Fonscolombe".
Biology: Found on roots of the host plant.
General Remarks: Currently, it is accepted as a soft scale species in the genus Lecanopsis (Ben-Dov, 1993). However, earlier authors assigned it other families, e.g. in Porphyrophora of the Margarodidae (Signoret, 1876a), and Fonscolombia in the Pseudococcidae (Fernald, 1903b).