Valid Names Results
Pseudokermes nitens (Cockerell, 1895) (Coccidae: Pseudokermes)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium (Pseudokermes) nitens Cockerell 1895s: 203. Type data: BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul, on Myrtus (Blepharocalyx) tweedii.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Pseudokermes nitens (Cockerell, 1895); Hempel 1900b: 448. change of combination
- Pseudokermes nitens; Fernald 1903b: 165. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Hempel" as author.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 10
- Fabaceae
- Crotalaria | CorseuBa1971 | (= Phyllocalyx)
- Mimosa scabrella | CorseuBa1971
- Myrtaceae
- Acca sellowiana | HickelDu1995 | (= Feijoa sellowiana)
- Blepharocalyx | Cocker1897r Iherin1897
- Campomanesia xanthocarpa | CorseuBa1971
- Eugenia | CorseuBa1971
- Eugenia pitanga | CorseuBa1971 | (= Stenocalyx pitanga)
- Eugenia uniflora | Hodgso1994a Lizery1939 CorseuBa1971 | (= Stenocalyx michelii)
- Myrcianthes pungens | CorseuBa1971
- Myrtus | Cocker1895s Hempel1900a
- Psidium guajava | Hempel1920a
- Sapindaceae
- Cupania vernalis | CorseuBa1971
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Argentina | Hodgso1994a
- Brazil | Cocker1897r Hodgso1994a
- Rio Grande do Sul | Cocker1895s Iherin1897
- Santa Catarina | HickelDu1995
- Sao Paulo | BenDov1993
Keys
Remarks
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Hodgson (1994a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 245-246
- Cocker1895s: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 203-204
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 332
- Cocker1897r: description, distribution, host, 70
- CorseuBa1971: distribution, host, 239
- DixLuMoKu2019: morphology, 253
- Fernal1903b: 165
- GomesC1949: distribution, host,
- Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 448-450
- Hempel1901: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 219
- Hempel1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 26-27
- Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 491-493
- Iherin1897: distribution, host, 406
- Lizery1939: catalog, distribution, host, 186-187
- Vea2011: phylogeny, structure, taxonomy, 5-7,12
- Vernal1953: distribution, host, 141-142
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 212
