Genus Saissetia Deplanche, 1859

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Genus Saissetia Deplanche, 1859

Saissetia Déplanche, E. 1859. Maladie du cafeier. Messager de Tahiti 8(9): 6-7 [6].
Type species:
Lecanium coffeae Walker, 1852 by subsequent designation, see Ben-Dov, Y. 1989. Saissetia Deplanche, 1859 (Insecta, Homoptera): proposed designation of Lecanium coffeae Walker, 1852 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(92): 114-118.
Bernardia Ashmead, W.H. 1891. A generic synopsis of the Coccidae. Family X. – Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of America 18: 92-102 [100].
Type species:
Coccus oleae Olivier, 1791 by subsequent designation, see Marlatt, C.L. 1892. General notes. Insect Life (Washington DC) 4: 148-153.
Neobernardia Cockerell, T.D.A. 1892. List of Coccidae observed in Jamaica. Insect Life (Washington DC) 4: 333-334 [333] [unjustified replacement name, see 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. (13)].
Secondary source:
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.

Distribution

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New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

ID Keys

(Granara de Willink, M.C., 1999) [25] (female; Argentina); (Tang, F.T., 1991) [215-216] (female; China); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1990) [160] (female; Tropical South Pacific); (Gill, R.J., 1988) [103] (female; USA, California); (Hamon, A.B. & Williams, M.L., 1984) [(female; USA, Florida); (Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C., 1983) [62] (female; Taiwan); (Kawai, S., 1980) [157] (female; Japan); (Wang, T.C., 1980) [39] (female; China); (Williams, M.L. & Kosztarab, M., 1972) [158] (female; USA, Virginia); (Hodgson, C.J., 1969) [30-31] (female; Zimbabwe); (Hodgson, C.J., 1967) [12] (female; Zimbabwe); (Beardsley, J.W., 1966) [480, 494] (female; Micronesia); (De Lotto, G., 1965) [220] (female; Afrotropical); (Gómez-Menor Ortega, J., 1958) [8, 50] (female; Spain); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1957) [331-332] (female; Palaearctic Region); (De Lotto, G., 1957) [170-171] (female; Afrotropical); De Lotto 1956a [239-240] (female; East Africa.); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1950) [152-153] (female; USSR); (Zimmerman, E.C., 1948) [320] (female; Hawaii); (Cockerell, T.D.A., 1905) [200] (female; USA, Colorado)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters by Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Homoptera: Sternorrhyncha. pp. 268 in Zimmerman, E.C. (ed). Insects of Hawaii. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press Vol. 5 464 pp., Borchsenius, N.S. 1957. Subtribe mealybugs and scales (Coccoidea). Soft scale insects Coccidae. Vol. IX. Fauna SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR ns 66: 1–493, De Lotto, G. 1965. On some Coccidae (Homoptera), chiefly from Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 16: 175–239, Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C. 1983. Monograph of Coccidae of Taiwan, Republic of China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Journal of Taiwan Museum 36: 57–107, Hamon, A.B. & Williams, M.L. 1984. The soft scale insects of Florida (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). In, Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Gainesville : Fla. Dept. of Agric. & Consumer Serv. Div. Plant Ind. 194 pp., Gill, R.J. 1988. The Scale Insects of California: Part 1. The Soft Scales (Homoptera : Coccoidea : Coccidae). Sacramento, California : California Dept of Food & Agriculture 132 pp., Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp., 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: Coccinae. Tribe: Saissetiini. Ben-Dov, Y. 1989. Saissetia Deplanche, 1859 (Insecta, Homoptera): proposed designation of Lecanium coffeae Walker, 1852 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(92): 114–118 showed that Saissetia coffeae Deplanche, 1859, the nominal type species of Saissetia Deplanche, 1859, was a mealybug (family Pseudococcidae), and in order conserve Saissetia as a genus in the family Coccidae, proposed to suppress S. coffeae Deplanche, to set aside previous fixations of type species for Saissetia and to designate Lecanium coffeae Walker, 1852 as type species of Saissetia. The above application was ruled by Opinion 1627 (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1991). Bernardia Ashmead, 1891 was considered by Cockerell, T.D.A. 1892. List of Coccidae observed in Jamaica. Insect Life 4: 333–334 to be preoccupied by Bernardia in Botany and he proposed Neobernardia as a substitute name. However, according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature the same generic named is allowed to be used both in Zoology and Botany. Neobernardia is an unnecessary replacement name 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.. Bernardia is currently considered a subjective synonym of Saissetia; however, it would be available if there will be a need to split Saissetia in the future.