Genus Akermes Cockerell, 1920

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• Akermes Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. New Coccidae from the Argentine Republic and Paraguay. The Canadian Entomologist 34: 88-93 [89].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

ID Keys

(Granara de Willink, M.C., 1999) [24] (female; Argentina)

 

GENERAL

Definition and characters by De Lotto, G. 1965. On some Coccidae (Homoptera), chiefly from Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 16: 175–239, Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp. and by Granara de Willink, M.C. 1999. [Soft scale insects of Argentina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)] Las cochinillas blandas de la República Argentina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). Contributions on Entomology, International 3(1): 1–183.

SYSTEMATICS

Subfamily: Myzolecaniinae. Tribe: Myzolecaniini.

 

General References

Ali, S.M. 1971. A catalogue of the Oriental Coccoidea. (Part V) (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea) (with an index). Indian Museum Bulletin 6: 7-82 [19] (taxonomy)

Ben-Dov, Y. 1993. A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Flora & Fauna Handbook, No. 9. Gainesville, FL : Sandhill Crane Press 536 pp. [5] (catalogue)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A catalogue of the Coccidae of South America. Revista Chilena de Entomología 6: 250-257 [254] (catalogue)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. New Coccidae from the Argentine Republic and Paraguay. The Canadian Entomologist 34: 88-93 [89-90] (catalogue)

De Lotto, G. 1965. On some Coccidae (Homoptera), chiefly from Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 16: 175-239 [178] (taxonomy)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [178] (catalogue)

Granara de Willink, M.C. 1999. [Soft scale insects of Argentina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)] Las cochinillas blandas de la República Argentina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). Contributions on Entomology, International 3(1): 1-183 [27-28] (taxonomy, description)

Gullan, P.J. & Stewart, A.C. 1996. A new genus and species of ant-associated coccid (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae) from Canthium Lam. (Rubiaceae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 307-314 [310] (taxonomy)

Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp. [99-102] (taxonomy, description)

Mamet, J.R. 1949. An annotated catalogue of the Coccoidea of Mauritius. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 3: 1-81 [21] (taxonomy)

Miller, D.R. 1996. Checklist of the scale insects (Coccoidea: Homoptera) of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 68-86 [69] (taxonomy)

Morrison, H. 1922. On some trophobiotic Coccidae from British Guiana. Psyche (Cambridge) 29: 132-152 [143] (taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [5] (taxonomy, catalogue)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Nov-2012		21-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)