Valid Names Results

Pseudococcus theobromae (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcidae_incertae_sedis)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius theobromae Douglas 1889b: 317. Type data: ENGLAND: Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, on Theobroma cacao. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; incertae sedis (discovered by Willia1962, Jan-79).
• Pseudococcus theobromae (Douglas, 1889); Fernald 1903b: 110. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• General Remarks: Williams (1962) regarded this species as nomen dubium, because no original material exists and its original description is meager.

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