Valid Names Results

Neoplatylecanium adersi is now Maacoccus adersi (Newstead, 1917) (Coccidae: Maacoccus)

Lecanium adersi Newstead 1917: 357. Type data: ZANZIBAR: Marahubi, on mango.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Coccus adersi (Newstead, 1917); De Lotto 1959: 154. change of combination
Neoplatylecanium adersi (Newstead, 1917); Tang 1991: 121. change of combination
Varshneococcus adersi (Newstead, 1917); Avasthi 1993: 74. change of combination
Maacoccus adersi (Newstead, 1917); Łagowska & Hodgson 2019: 380. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

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.121 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
DeLott1959: pp.153-154 ( Adult (F) ) [Ethiopian Coccus sp.] Key as: Coccus adersi

Systematics: Apart from having many (about 20) stigmatic spines in each stigmatic cleft, N. adersi closely resembles Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green), the type species of the genus Maacoccus Tao & Wong (Tao et al. 1983). It was determined by Łagowska & Hodgson (2019) that L. adersi Newstead is much more similar to M. bicruciatus than to N. cinnamomi Takahashi and so they transferred it to Maacoccus Tao & Wong as Maacoccus adersi (Newstead).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1959) and by Tang (1991).