Dactylopius confusus (Cockerell, 1893)

Williams, Douglas J. & Ben-Dov, Yair, 2009, 2285, Zootaxa 2285, pp. 1-64 : 17

publication ID

1175­5334

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scientific name

Dactylopius confusus
status

 

confusus View in CoL capensis Green 1912: 91 View in CoL , Coccus

Cockerell (1929: 329) introduced Dactylopius greeni as a new name for this species. Current status: a junior synonym of Dactylopius confusus (Cockerell, 1893) ; see De Lotto (1974: 180) (Family Dactylopiidae ).

De Lotto, G. (1974) On the status and identity of the cochineal insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37, 167 - 193.

Green, E. E. (1912). On the cultivated and wild forms of cochineal insects. Journal of Economic Biology. London 7, 79 - 93.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Dactylopiidae

Genus

Dactylopius