''Coccus'' is a genus of
scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the ...
s in the family
Coccidae
The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be cover ...
. Several species, such as ''
Coccus viridis'', a major pest of
coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
S ...
, are major agricultural pests. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
is ''
Coccus hesperidum
''Coccus hesperidum'' is a soft scale insect in the family Coccidae with a wide host range. It is commonly known as brown soft scale. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and feeds on many different host plants. It is an agricultural pest, particu ...
''
Linnaeus.
Species
* ''
Coccus acaciae''
(Newstead, 1917)
* ''
Coccus bromeliae''
Bouché, 1833
* ''
Coccus capparidis''
(Green, 1904)
* ''
Coccus celatus''
De Lotto, 1960
* ''
Coccus gymnospori''
(Green, 1908)
* ''
Coccus hesperidum
''Coccus hesperidum'' is a soft scale insect in the family Coccidae with a wide host range. It is commonly known as brown soft scale. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and feeds on many different host plants. It is an agricultural pest, particu ...
''
Linnaeus, 1758, the brown soft scale
* ''
Coccus longulus''
(Douglas, 1887)
* ''
Coccus penangensis''
Morrison, 1921
* ''
Coccus pseudelongatus''
(Brain, 1920)
* ''
Coccus pseudohesperidum''
(Cockerell, 1895)
* ''
Coccus pseudomagnoliarum''
(Kuwana, 1914)
* ''
Coccus formicarii''
(Green, 1896)
* ''
Coccus viridis''
(Green, 1889)
Former species
* ''
Coccus aceris''
Fabricius, 1794 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus alni''
Modeer, 1778 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus arens''
Hodgson, 1968 synonym for ''
Coccus capparidis''
(Green, 1904)
* ''
Coccus arundinariae''
Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''
Maacoccus arundinariae''
(Green, 1904)
* ''
Coccus bauhini''
Targioni Tozzetti, 1867 synonym for ''
Kermes ilicis Kermes may refer to :
* ''Kermes'' (genus), a genus of insects
* Kermes (dye), a red dye made from the bodies of Kermes insects
* Kermes oak also called ''Quercus coccifera'', the tree on which the Kermes insects traditionally fed
* Alchermes, a ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus bicruciatus''
Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''
Maacoccus bicruciatus''
(Green, 1904)
* ''
Coccus cacti
The cochineal ( , ; ''Dactylopius coccus'') is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America ...
''
Cockerell, 1893 synonym for ''
Dactylopius coccus
The cochineal ( , ; ''Dactylopius coccus'') is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America ( ...
''
Costa, 1829
* ''
Coccus celticum''
Takahashi, 1955 synonym for ''
Coccus longulus''
(Douglas, 1887)
* ''
Coccus celtium''
Sasscer, 1911 synonym for ''
Coccus longulus''
(Douglas, 1887)
* ''
Coccus coffeae''
Kirkaldy, 1902 synonym for ''
Saissetia coffeae''
(Walker, 1852)
* ''
Coccus cypraeola''
Dalman, 1826 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus deltae''
Corseuil & Barbosa, 1971 synonym for ''
Parthenolecanium perlatum''
(Cockerell, 1898)
* ''
Coccus diversipes''
Cockerell, 1905 synonym for ''
Kilifia diversipes''
(Cockerell, 1905)
* ''
Coccus elongatus''
Sanders, 1909 synonym for ''
Coccus longulus''
(Douglas, 1887)
* ''
Coccus fagi''
Baerensprung, 1849 ambiguous synonym for ''
Cryptococcus fagisuga''
Lindinger, 1936
* ''
Coccus fagi''
Walker, 1852 ambiguous synonym for ''
Cryptococcus fagisuga''
Lindinger, 1936
* ''
Coccus ficus''
Fernald, 1903 synonym for ''
Coccus longulus''
(Douglas, 1887)
* ''
Coccus frontalis''
Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''
Coccus longulus''
(Douglas, 1887)
* ''
Coccus fuscus''
Gmelin, 1790 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus iceryi''
Tao et al., 1983 synonym for ''
Pulvinaria iceryi''
(Signoret, 1869)
* ''
Coccus ilicis''
Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for ''
Kermes ilicis Kermes may refer to :
* ''Kermes'' (genus), a genus of insects
* Kermes (dye), a red dye made from the bodies of Kermes insects
* Kermes oak also called ''Quercus coccifera'', the tree on which the Kermes insects traditionally fed
* Alchermes, a ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus impar''
Bodkin, 1917 synonym for ''
Mesolecanium impar''
(Cockerell, 1898)
* ''
Coccus lacca''
Kerr, 1782 synonym for ''
Kerria lacca
''Kerria lacca'' is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species is perhaps the most commercially important lac insect, being a main source of lac, a resin w ...
''
(Kerr, 1782)
* ''
Coccus mali''
Schrank, 1781 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus marsupialis''
Sanders, 1906 synonym for ''
Marsipococcus marsupialis''
(Green, 1904)
* ''
Coccus namunakuli''
Ali, 1971 synonym for ''
Parlatoria namunakuli''
(Green, 1922)
* ''
Coccus perlatus''
Fernald, 1903 synonym for ''
Parthenolecanium perlatum''
(Cockerell, 1898)
* ''
Coccus polonicus''
Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for ''
Porphyrophora polonica''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus pyri''
Schrank, 1801 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus radicum''
Beckmann, 1790 synonym for ''
Porphyrophora polonica''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus rubi''
Schrank, 1801 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus salicum''
Fabricius, 1781 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus tiliae''
Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Coccus xylostei''
Schrank, 1801 synonym for ''
Eulecanium tiliae
''Eulecanium'' is a genus of true bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassi ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
References
Coccidae
Sternorrhyncha genera
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