Published September 25, 2014 | Version v1
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Coccus longulus

  • 1. Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
  • 2. Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
  • 3. Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A.

Description

Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)

This cryptogenic tropical to subtropical species is an established introduction. Material examined: MALTA, Żejtun, 13.iii.1994, 3 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis, DM.

Notes

Published as part of Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, pp. 499-525 in Zootaxa 3866 (4) on page 504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4930613

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1994-03-13
Family
Coccidae
Genus
Coccus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Douglas
Species
longulus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1994-03-13
Taxonomic concept label
Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887) sec. Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson, 2014