Coccobius latiscapus (Girault) comb. n.

Physcus latiscapus Girault, 1929: 2 . Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Girault, A. A., ex. Mytilaspidis cordylinidis L. Newman [= Anzaspis cordylinidis (Maskell)]. Syntypes, 1♂ 3♀. Type depository: WADA .

Prophyscus latiscapus (Girault, 1929) in Hayat 1985b: 321.

Comments

Coccobius latiscapus (Girault, 1929) is purportedly deposited at WADA (Dahms 1984); however, is currently missing from the collection (Melinda Moir, pers. comm.). Hayat (1985a) states in the acknowledgements that he received a loan of material of Coccobius from multiple collections, including one from Dahms at QM. Thus, while there is no record of a loan, the type material of Coccobius latiscapus may be at the insect collection at the Aligarh Muslim University. See Coccobius for further discussion.