Das, A., Pramanik, A., & Das, B.K. 2025a Two new ant-attended species of the soft scale insect genus Coccus L. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India, with a key to Indian Coccus species. Zootaxa 5647(2): 131–144
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Notes: Two new species of Coccus from West Bengal, India, C. mondouriensis and C. oecophyllae, are described and illustrated based on adult females attacking two important fruit crops, Mangifera indica L. and Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.). Both species were attended by an ant, Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). An updated key to the Indian species of Coccus is provided. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.2.3
