Valid Names Results

Coccus deformosus (Newstead, 1920) (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

Lecanium (Eulecanium) deformosum Newstead 1920: 190. Type data: GUYANA: 'Cattle Trail Survey', on undetermined plant.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Coccus deformosum (Newstead, 1920); Ben-Dov 1993: 70. change of combination
Coccus deformosus (Newstead, 1920); Williams & Ben-Dov 2009: 19. emendation that is justified

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Formicidae

Acromyrmex | Newste1920 | The coccids are enclosed by ants ({Acromyrmex} sp.) in small paper nests (Newstead, 1920).

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Guyana (=British Guiana) | Newste1920

Keys

Remarks

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1993: catalog, 70
Newste1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 190-191
WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 19