Coccus cacti, Linnaeus, 1758

Williams, Douglas J. & Ben-Dov, Yair, 2009, 2285, Zootaxa 2285, pp. 1-64 : 13

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1175­5334

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scientific name

Coccus cacti
status

 

cacti sylvestris, Coccus

This trinomen was discussed by Germar (1828: 150) as a wild variety of Coccus cacti [= Dactylopius coccus ], which is cultivated in Mexico. Lindinger (1943a: 250) listed this trinomen as a synonym of Dactylopius silvestris . Current status: Dactylopius tomentosus (Lamarck) (Family Dactylopiidae ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Coccus

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