Ovaticoccus davesmithi (Miller & Stocks) Miller & Stocks, 2022

Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, Zootaxa 5221 (1), pp. 1-213 : 113

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BECF280B-99E0-4DE3-874B-8585C1E4602E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7441479
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF318791-882C-816E-FF12-FCA003F81986
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ovaticoccus davesmithi (Miller & Stocks)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Ovaticoccus davesmithi (Miller & Stocks) comb. n.

Oregmopyga davesmithi Miller and Stocks 2017: 807–822 .

The justification for treating Oregmopyga View in CoL as a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus View in CoL , leading to this new species combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above.

Etymology: The species epithet “ davesmithi ” was named in honor of Dave Smith, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., USA, in recognition of his numerous scientific achievements.