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genus Coccus Linnaeus, 1758

• Supplementary information:
  • Gender
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tri naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata 1:455 >> Note: not an aphid >> Coccus
  • Miller, F.W. 1938. American Midland Naturalist 19:662 >> Note: Coccus Boisduval 1867 = Cerataphis >> Cerataphis
  • Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers. 1976. Survey of the World’s Aphids 159 >> Note: Coccoidea >> Coccus
• Scrutiny:
  • Favret, 2011, These pages are for species that are not aphids but that were originally given aphid names. Current data on these species can be found on ScaleNet: http://scalenet.info/
• Type species information not available.
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• synonym Lecanium Burmeister, 1835
• species hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758
• synonym lauri (Boisduval, 1867)

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