Valid Names Results
Saissetia somereni (Newstead, 1910) (Coccidae: Saissetia)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium mori somereni Newstead 1910c: 187. Type data: UGANDA: Kyetume, on Morus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Lecanium (Eulecanium) tremae Newstead 1911a: 162. Type data: TANZANIA: Amani, on Trema guineensis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Newste1913, 76).
- Lecanium tremae; Sasscer 1912: 89. subsequent use
- Lecanium (Eulecanium) somereni Newstead, 1910; Newstead 1913: 76. change in status (level)
- Lecanium somereni; Lindinger 1913a: 83. subsequent use
- Eulecanium somereni (Newstead, 1910); Gowdey 1917: 188. change of combination
- Saissetia somereni (Newstead, 1910); De Lotto 1956a: 247. change of combination
- Saissetia abyssinica De Lotto 1965a: 221. Type data: ETHIOPIA: Dire Dawa, on Duranta repens.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; junior synonym (discovered by DeLott1968a, 86).
- Saissetia somerinae (Newstead, 1910); Hodgson 1969a: 36. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 11 | Genera: 18
- Bignoniaceae
- Bignonia | Hodgso1969a
- Dolichandrone | Gowdey1917
- Markhamia lutea | DeLott1956a
- Tecoma stans | Gowdey1917
- Boraginaceae
- Cordia africana | DeLott1965a
- Ehretia cymosa | DeLott1956a
- Cycadaceae
- Cycas | Hodgso1969a
- Euphorbiaceae
- Croton | DeLott1956a DeLott1965a
- Fabaceae
- Bauhinia | Hodgso1967
- Erythrina abyssinica | DeLott1956a
- Erythrina excelsa | Newste1917b
- Meliaceae
- Melia azedarach | DeLott1956a
- Moraceae
- Ficus | DeLott1970b
- Ficus sur | Hodgso1969a
- Ficus thonningii | DeLott1965a DeLott1956a
- Morus | DeLott1956a Newste1910c Sassce1911
- Myrtaceae
- Eugenia | DeLott1956a
- Psidium guajava | DeLott1956a
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | DeLott1965a
- Citrus aurantium | DeLott1965a Hodgso1967
- Salicaceae
- Flacourtia indica | DeLott1956a
- Verbenaceae
- Duranta erecta | DeLott1965a
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus stanleyi | GuerriNo2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 9
- Ethiopia | DeLott1965a | DeLott1959
- Ghana | Sassce1911 Sassce1912
- Kenya | DeLott1956a DeLott1965a DeLott1970b
- Malawi | Hodgso1969a
- Saint Helena | BenDov1993
- South Africa | DeLott1965a DeLott1970b
- Tanzania | DeLott1965a Newste1911a
- Uganda | Newste1910c Newste1911 Newste1917b
- Zimbabwe | DeLott1965a Hodgso1967 Hodgso1969a
Keys
Remarks
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 318-319
- DeLott1956a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 246-248
- DeLott1959: distribution, taxonomy, 152, 153
- DeLott1965a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 221-222,231
- DeLott1968a: distribution, host, 86
- DeLott1970b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 153-156
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, taxonomy, 188
- Hodgso1967: distribution, host, 21
- Hodgso1969a: distribution, host, 36
- Lindin1913: taxonomy, 83
- Matile1976: distribution, host, 296
- Newste1910c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 187
- Newste1911: distribution, host, 93
- Newste1911a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 162-163
- Newste1913: distribution, host, 76
- Newste1917b: distribution, host, 130
- Sassce1911: distribution, host, 67
- Sassce1912: distribution, host, 89
- Watson2021: distribution, 522
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 214
- ZhangCaFe2018: distribution, 104
