Valid Names Results
Protortonia cacti (Linnaeus, 1758) (Monophlebidae: Protortonia)Nomenclatural History
- Coccus cacti Linnaeus 1758: 457. Type data: St. EUSTASIUS ISLAND: on cactus.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material lost.
- Llaveia cacti (Linnaeus, 1758); Cockerell 1902r: 319. change of combination
- Monophlebus cacti (Linnaeus, 1758); Cockerell 1902j: 718. change of combination
- Protortonia cacti (Linnaeus, 1758); Morrison 1928: 191. change of combination
Common Names
- The Coccus of the cochineal cactus Willia2007b
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Cactaceae
- Cactaceae | Fernal1903b Linnae1758 WilliaGu2008
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | WilliaGu2008
- Saba & Sint Eustatius (=Neth. Leew. Is.)
- Sint Eustatius | Linnae1758
Keys
- WilliaGu2008: pp.87-89 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Protortonia]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and first- and third-instar nymphs by Williams & Gullan (2008). Description and illustration of first instar nymph by Morrison (1928).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 263
- Cocker1902j: taxonomy, 718
- Cocker1902r: taxonomy, 319
- CockerHe1907: taxonomy, 217-225
- Fernal1903b: 17
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 215
- Foldi2016: taxonomy, 291
- Gertss2008: catalog, taxonomy, 55-58
- Lindin1955a: taxonomy, 346
- Linnae1758: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 457
- Morris1928: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5,189-192,222
- Vayssi1926: taxonomy, 300
- Willia2007b: taxonomy, 427-490
- Willia2015: taxonomy, 578
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 12
- WilliaGu2008: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 87-89, 94-101