Coccus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Coccidae
Subfamilia: Coccinae
Genus: Coccus
Species: C. hesperidum – C. longulus – C. multisetus – ...

Name

• Coccus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758
    • Fixation: plenary powers in Melville (1985: 139)

References

• Melville, R.V. 1985: Opinion 1303. Coccus Linnaeus, 1758 and Parthenolecanium Šulc, 1908 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Homoptera): type species designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 42(2): 139–141. Internet Archive BHL
• Williams, D.J.; Ben-Dov, Y. 2009: A review of species names combined with the genus name Coccus Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea). Zootaxa, 2285: 1-64. Abstract & excerpt