Coccus erion Anderson
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D01C038-FE07-FF9E-FE30-B5FAFDC7FDC2 |
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Felipe |
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Coccus erion Anderson |
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Coccus erion Anderson, 1787g: 2 ; 1788a: 2, 4; 1788b: 26; Signoret, 1877: 615; Fernald, 1903: 326.
The name Coccus erion was given to a species described in letter No. 3 ( Anderson, 1787a: 5) and found on Robinia grandi X View in CoL ora, Psidium guajava View in CoL and Hibiscus rosasinensis View in CoL . The letter may have been wrongly transcribed because in the later version ( Anderson, 1788b: 3), he referred only to Robinia mitis View in CoL and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis View in CoL
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at of by and listed the species on Psidium guajava as Coccus trichodes . In both versions, Anderson illustrated the adult female of C. erion in ®gure 8. This was con®rmed in letter No. 14 ( Anderson, 1788a: 2) where he stated that`I ®nd the Coccus Erion , as well as the Coccus Trichodes on the Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis and now perceive ®gure No. 8. is a representation of the Coccus Erion , which is less hairy, and without the excrescence at the extremity of the abdomen, so remarkable in the Coccus Trichodes ’. Host plants listed are Robinia Mitis , Ficus Maxima , Erythrina Orientalis and Cocos Nucifera by Anderson (1788a) but these are listed as R. mitis, H. Rosa Sinensis , Ficus Indica , Erythrina Corolladendron , Cocos nucifera and Myrtus Zeylanicus by Anderson (1788b).
It is clear that Coccus erion was validly described and that the species is a mealybug of the family Pseudococcidae . At present, it is best to leave the species as unidenti®able under its original name.
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