Genus Matsucoccus Cockerell

This is a genus of 39 conifer-feeding species worldwide, most of which occur in the northern hemisphere on Pinus; two species have been recorded from North Africa (García Morales et al. 2016).

Key to species of Matsucoccus in continental Africa, from Foldi (2005b)

1(0) Antennal scape (segment I) longer than wide. Antennal segments V‒IX each with 2 fleshy setae. On Pinus halepensis and P. pinaster ................................................................................. feytaudi (Fig. 8)

- Antennal scape wider than long. Antennal segments VI‒IX each with 2 fleshy setae (fleshy setae absent from segment V). On P. nigra and P. sylvestris ............................................................................. pini