Coccus mirti, O. G. Costa, 1829: 7

Williams, Douglas J. & Ben-Dov, Yair, 2009, 2285, Zootaxa 2285, pp. 1-64 : 32

publication ID

1175­5334

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scientific name

Coccus mirti
status

 

mirti O.G. Costa, 1829:7 , Coccus

We regard this name to be a nomen nudum. Costa listed the name as Coccus mirti ( Calypticus testudineus n.) and we believe that Costa implied that Coccus mirti was the same as Calypticus testudineus . On page 12 of the same publication, Costa described Calypticus testudineus in detail. Current status: placed with Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) .

Costa, O. G. (1829) Fauna del Regno di Napoli, famiglia de coccinigliferi, o de' gallinsetti. Napoli, Emitteri. 23 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Coccus