Valid Names Results

Dermolecanium migrans Zavattari in Casazza, 1928 (Coccidae: Dermolecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Dermolecanium migrans Zavattari in Casazza 1928: 410. Type data: ITALY: Garlasco, Pavia Districtand Pavia Hospital, collected on face of a woman (probably lost, Ben-Dov, 1993).. Syntypes, larva, accepted valid name Notes: Type material lost (Ben-Dov, 1993).

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Ecological Associates

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Remarks

• Systematics: Zavattari in Casazza (1928) reported that first instar crawlers of this species were taken on human skin, on which they caused itches and skin lesion. Silvestri (1939) and Morrison & Morrison (1966) were doubtful whether the above reported crawlers, of this plant-feeding group, actually attacked and damaged the human skin.

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