Coccus erion Anderson

Williams, D. J., 2002, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) described by James Anderson M. D. of Madras, Journal of Natural History 36 (2), pp. 237-246 : 241-242

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scientific name	Coccus erion Anderson
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Coccus erion Anderson, 1787g: 2; 1788a: 2, 4; 1788b: 26; Signoret, 1877: 615; Fernald, 1903: 326.

The name Coccus erion was given to a species described in letter No. 3 ( Anderson, 1787a: 5) and found on Robinia grandi X ora, Psidium guajava and Hibiscus rosasinensis. The letter may have been wrongly transcribed because in the later version ( Anderson, 1788b: 3), he referred only to Robinia mitis and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

at of by and listed the species on Psidium guajava as Coccus trichodes. In both versions, Anderson illustrated the adult female of C. erion in ®gure 8. This was con®rmed in letter No. 14 ( Anderson, 1788a: 2) where he stated that`I ®nd the Coccus Erion , as well as the Coccus Trichodes on the Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis and now perceive ®gure No. 8. is a representation of the Coccus Erion , which is less hairy, and without the excrescence at the extremity of the abdomen, so remarkable in the Coccus Trichodes ’. Host plants listed are Robinia Mitis, Ficus Maxima, Erythrina Orientalis and Cocos Nucifera by Anderson (1788a) but these are listed as R. mitis, H. Rosa Sinensis, Ficus Indica, Erythrina Corolladendron , Cocos nucifera and Myrtus Zeylanicus by Anderson (1788b).

It is clear that Coccus erion was validly described and that the species is a mealybug of the family Pseudococcidae . At present, it is best to leave the species as unidenti®able under its original name.

References

ANDERSON, J., 1787 g, A Thirteenth Letter to Sir Joseph Banks Baronet President of the Royal Society, on the Subject of Cochineal Insects, Discovered at Madras (Madras: Charles Ford), 2 pp.

ANDERSON, J., 1787 a, Five Letters to Sir Joseph Banks Baronet President of the Royal Society, on the Subject of Cochineal Insects, Discovered at Madras (Madras: Charles Ford at the Honorable Company' s Press), 13 pp.

ANDERSON, J., 1788 a, A Fourteenth Letter to Sir Joseph Banks Baronet President of the Royal Society, on the Subject of Cochineal Insects, Discovered at Madras (Madras: Charles Ford), 4 pp.

ANDERSON, J., 1788 b, Letters to Sir Joseph Banks Baronet President of the Royal Society, on the Subject of Cochineal Insects, Discovered at Madras (Madras: Charles Ford), 26 pp.

FERNALD, M. E., 1903, A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world, Bulletin of the Hatch Agricultural Experiment Station, 88, 360 pp.

SIGNORET, V., 1877, Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (HomopteAresDCoccides), 18 e et dernieAre partie, Annales de la SocieAteAentomologique de France (seAr. 5), 6, 591 ± 676.