Valid Names Results
Coccus alpinus De Lotto, 1960 (Coccidae: Coccus)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium africanum; Newstead 1917: 357. misidentification (discovered by DeLott1960, 393).
- Coccus africanus; De Lotto 1957c: 296. misidentification (discovered by DeLott1960, 393).
- Coccus alpinus De Lotto 1960: 393. Type data: KENYA: Ruiru, on Coffea arabica.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 8
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa spinarum | DeLott1960 DeLott1965a | (= Carissa edulis)
- Boraginaceae
- Ehretia cymosa | DeLott1960 | var. silvatica (= Ehretia silvatica)
- Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia | DeLott1960
- Myrtaceae
- Psidium guajava | DeLott1960
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | DeLott1960 DeLott1965a
- Coffea arabica | DeLott1960 Hodgso1967
- Coffea canephora | Almeid1973b DeLott1960 DeLott1968a | (= Coffea robusta)
- Gardenia | DeLott1960
- Rutaceae
- Citrus limon | DeLott1960
- Theaceae
- Camellia | Benjam1968 | (= Thea)
Foes:
Families: 3 | Genera: 5
- Aphelinidae
- Coccophagus argocoxa | Murphy1991
- Coccophagus nubes | Murphy1991
- Coccophagus pulvinariae | Murphy1991
- Coccophagus rusti | Murphy1991
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus | LePell1968
- Chilocorus adustus | LePell1968
- Chilocorus angolensis | Murphy1991
- Encyrtidae
- Aloencyrtus saissetiae | Murphy1991
- Aloencyrtus ugandensis | Murphy1991
- Diversinervus stramineus | Murphy1991
- Metaphycus baruensis | Murphy1991
- Metaphycus stanleyi | Murphy1991
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 11
- Angola | Almeid1973b DeLott1968a
- Brazil
- Bahia | GranarPiFe2010
- Espirito Santo | FornazMaWi2017
- Minas Gerais | GranarPiFe2010
- Congo | Kondo2013
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | DeLott1960
- Eritrea | DeLott1960
- Ethiopia | DeLott1965a
- Kenya | DeLott1960
- Malawi | HillocPhOv1999
- Tanzania | DeLott1960
- Uganda | DeLott1960
- Zimbabwe | Hodgso1967
Keys
- LagowsHo2019: pp.382-384 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species from Africa]
- GranarPiFe2010: pp.397 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species on coffe in Brazil]
Remarks
- Biology: De Lotto (1960) noted that this species occurs in localities situated at altitudes above 1 - 1.3 km. Biology and pest status on coffee presented by Le Pelley (1968).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by De Lotto (1960) and by Granara de Willink et al. (2010) (based on specimens from Brazil).
Illustrations
Citations
- Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 2-3
- BenDov1993: catalog, 66
- Benjam1968: distribution, host, 345-357
- DeLott1960: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 392-395
- DeLott1965a: distribution, host, 192
- DeLott1968a: distribution, host, 83
- FornazMaWi2017: distribution, host, 3086
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 229
- GranarPiFe2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 392
- HillocPhOv1999: distribution, economic importance, host, 199-206
- Hodgso1967: distribution, host, 2
- Kondo2013: distribution, host, 45
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 10
- LagowsHo2019: key, 382-384
- LePell1968: distribution, economic importance, host,
- Murphy1991: biological control, distribution, host, 519-529
- Schmut1969: distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 104-106
- Watson2021: distribution, 521
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 8
