Palaeococcus Cockerell

Watson, Gillian W., 2022, Towards identification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of continental Africa: 2. Checklists and keys to six archaeococcoid families, Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 301-356 : 337

Genus Palaeococcus Cockerell

Palaeococcus is a Palaearctic genus containing three species, one of which occurs in North Africa ( García Morales et al. 2016). Palaeococcus fuscipennis ( Fig. 16 ) has been recorded from Algeria; it lives on the trunk, branches and crowns of trees in the families Fagaceae (Quercus) , Pinaceae (particularly Pinus species ) and Sapindaceae (Acer) ( Mendel et al. 1998). While it can occasionally cause heavy fouling with honeydew and sooty mould in Israel ( Mendel et al. 1991), it has not been recorded causing significant economic damage.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Palaeococcus fuscipennis (Burmeister) ex Gavrilov-Zimin (2018: 172, Fig. 9.4.15.), reproduced with the author’s permission.