Valid Names Results

Villosicoccus Williams, 1985 (Pseudococcidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Villosicoccus Williams 1985: 383. Type species: Villosicoccus eucalypti Williams by original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Pseudococcinae (Choi & Lee, 2022) The species of this genus have characters related to Trionymus but have long, thick dorsal setae. In the long dorsal thick setae it resembles Chaetotrionymus, but differs in the peculiar structure of legs. In Villosicoccus the entire femora are much wider than the tibia; the entire legs have the appearance of a claw.
• General Remarks: Good definition and characters of the adult female given by Williams (1985).

Keys

• Willia1985: pp.383 ( Adult (F) ) [species Australia]

Associated References

• BenDov1994: catalog, pp. 537
• Willia1985: description, taxonomy, pp. 39, 383

2 Species