Valid Names Results

Trijuba oculata (Brain, 1920) (Coccidae: Trijuba)

Nomenclatural History

• Saissetia oculata Brain 1920a: 13. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Durban, on grapevine.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name
• Lecanium oculata (Brain, 1920); Hall 1935: 76. change of combination
• Lecanium dorsociliatum Green & Mamet 1938: 126. Type data: MAURITIUS: Rose Hill, on Nephrolepis cordifolia.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Mamet1954a, 260).
• Coccus dorsociliatus (Green & Mamet, 1938); Mamet 1949: 23. change of combination
• Coccus oculatus (Brain, 1920); Mamet 1954a: 260. change of combination
• Trijuba oculata (Brain, 1920); De Lotto 1975: 62. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 7 | Genera: 11

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LagowsHo2019: pp.382-384 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species from Africa]
• DeLott1959: pp.153-154 ( Adult (F) ) [Ethiopian Coccus sp.] Key as: Coccus oculatus

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae, Coccini (Choi & Lee, 2019)
• Structure: Live material: Adult female elongate, moderately flat, raised in the middle of the body. Buff to brown in colour. Eye spots and anal plate dark brown to almost black. Portion above anal plate yellowish. Margin brownish buff with fringe. Dorsum with three almost parallel rows of conspicuous setae. (Joshi & Rameshkumar, 2017)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female given by De Lotto (1957c) and by Hodgson (1994a).

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