Valid Names Results
Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green, 1904) (Coccidae: Maacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium bicruciatus Green 1904d: 214. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Nothopegia colebrookiana.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hodgso1994a,326). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotypes from Paradeniya, Watawella and Nuwera on Memecylon umbellatum, Nothopegia colebrookiana, Elaeagnus latifolia, Calophyllum sp. and Eugenia sp.
- Coccus bicruciatus (Green, 1904); Sanders 1906: 8. change of combination
- Coccus bicurciatus (Green, 1904); Tao 1978: 80. misspelling of species epithet
- Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green, 1904); Tao, Wong & Chang 1983: 71. change of combination
- Sharanococcus bicruciatus (Green, 1904); Avasthi 1993: 74. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 9
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera | Mamet1954
- Mangifera indica | Ali1971 DeLott1957c Mamet1956 Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Nothopegia | Hodgso1994a
- Nothopegia colebrookiana | Ali1971 Green1904d Green1937 Green1904d Varshn1992
- Calophyllaceae
- Calophyllum | Ali1971 Green1904d
- Capparaceae
- Capparis | Avasth1993 AvasthSh1991
- Elaeagnaceae
- Elaeagnus latifolia | Ali1971 Green1904d
- Melastomataceae
- Memecylon umbellatum | Ali1971 Green1904d Green1937
- Myrtaceae
- Eugenia | Ali1971 Green1904d Hodgso1994a Mamet1956
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | DeLott1957c Hodgso1994a
- Murraya paniculata | Ali1971 Ferris1921a TaoWoCh1983 | (= Murraya exotica)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- China
- Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | MartinLa2011
- Ethiopia | DeLott1959
- India | Ali1971 Hodgso1994a Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Tamil Nadu | AvasthSh1991
- Kenya | DeLott1957c Hodgso1994a
- Sri Lanka | Ali1971 Ferris1921a Green1904d Green1937 Hodgso1994a
- Taiwan | Ali1971 Ferris1921a
- Zanzibar | DeLott1957c Hodgso1994a Mamet1956
Keys
- Hodgso2023: pp.555 ( Adult (F) ) [Maacoccus species]
- JoshiGuSh2022: pp.219 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian Maacoccus]
- LagowsHo2019: pp.382-384 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species from Africa]
- Tang1991: pp.111 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
- TaoWoCh1983: pp.71 ( Adult (F) ) [Taiwan]
- DeLott1959: pp.153-154 ( Adult (F) ) [Ethiopian Coccus sp.] Key as: Coccus bicruciatus
Remarks
- Biology: Individuals feed on the upper surface midribs of their host. (Martin & Lau, 2011)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Mamet (1956), De Lotto (1957c), Tao et al. (1983) and by Hodgson (1994a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1971: distribution, host, 22
- Avasth1993: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 74,76
- AvasthSh1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 331-334
- BenDov1993: catalog, 170
- BenDovHoMi1997: taxonomy, 201
- DeLott1957c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 299-300
- DeLott1959: distribution, key, taxonomy, 151, 154
- Ferris1921a: distribution, host, 212
- Green1904d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 214
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 301
- Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 324-327
- Hodgso2023: key, 555
- LagowsHo2019: key, 382-384
- Mamet1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 134-137
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, 35
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 350
- Ramakr1930: distribution, host, 50
- Sander1906: catalog, 8
- ShafeeYoKh1989: distribution, host, 50
- Takaha1928: distribution, host, 341
- Takaha1929: distribution, host, 53
- Tang1991: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 112-113
- Tao1978: distribution, host, 80
- Tao1989: catalog, distribution, 59
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 59
- TaoWoCh1983: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 70-72
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, taxonomy, 92
- Watson2021: distribution, 521
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 207
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 11
- Yang1982: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 169,191
