Valid Names Results

Akermes cordiae Morrison, 1929 (Coccidae: Akermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Akermes cordiae Morrison 1929: 45. Type data: PANAMA: Canal Zone, Ancon; collected on Cordia alliodora. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Biology: Develops in hollow swellings of the host and attended by the ant Cryptocerus sp. (Morrison, 1929).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Morrison (1929).

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