Wang, X., Wang, K., & Zhang, J. 2024 Review of the genus Cosmococcus (Hemiptera: Lecanodiaspididae) in China, with two new synonymies and updated descriptions of the wax tests and adult female of C. erythrinae Borchsenius, 1959. Zootaxa 5399(4): 327–346

Keywords:

  • description
  • distribution
  • host
  • illustration
  • male
  • molecular data
  • morphology
  • revision
  • wax

    • Notes: The Cosmococcus species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Lecanodiaspididae) found in China are reviewed. Based on morphological and molecular data, C. albizziae Borchsenius, 1960 syn. nov. and C. euphorbiae Borchsenius, 1959 syn. nov. are placed as junior synonyms of C. erythrinae Borchsenius, 1959. The wax tests of both sexes and the slide-mounted adult female of C. erythrinae Borchsenius are redescribed.