Valid Names Results

Nipaecoccus coffeae (Hempel, 1919) (Pseudococcidae: Nipaecoccus)

Eriococcus coffeae Hempel 1919: 453. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Campinas and Sao Paulo, on Coffea sp.. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Nidularia coffeae (Hempel, 1919); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
Nipaecoccus coffeae (Hempel, 1919); Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 252. change of combination
Acanthococcus coffeae; Miller & Gimpel 1996: 599. misidentification

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female enclosed in white felted sac. Body is oval and red, and becomes transparent when boiled in KOH (Hempel, 1919). The ovipositing female can reach up to 4.0 mm long. The body is red and enclosed in a cottony secretion. (Williams & Granara de Willink,1992)
General Remarks: Most detailed description by Hempel (1919). Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992). Photographs in Prado, et al., 2015.