Pellizzari, G., & Fontana, P. 2002a The genus Lecanopsis Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera, Coccidae): present status and remarks on species identification.. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura (Milano) 33(2001-3): 179-187.
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Notes: [Special Issue: Proceedings of the ISSIS IX International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies held at The University of Padua, Italy, Sept. 2-8, 2001.] This paper deals with the results of a revision on the genus Lecanopsis. All the type slides and other specimens from the main European museums and collections have been studied. The revision highlighted synonyms among species and misidentifications of species erroneously placed in this genus. Before the revision the genus included 18 species, but at the end of this study the number of Lecanopsis species was reduced to 11, plus 3 unrecognizable species. In addition, 2 new species have been recently collected in Italy. Little is known about the morphology of young instars of several species. In fact, all developmental stages are known for only two species, namely L. formicarum and L. clodiensis. The importance of the first-instar nymphs for identifying Lecanopsis at the species level is reported.
