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Genus Vinsonia Signoret, 1872

ID Keys

(Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C., 1983) [61] (female; Taiwan); (Beardsley, J.W., 1966) [479] (female; Micronesia)

 

GENERAL

Good definition and characters by 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., 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. and by Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

Subfamily: Ceroplastinae. Tribe: Ceroplastini.

 

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 [18-19] (taxonomy)

Ashmead, W.H. 1891. A generic synopsis of the Coccidae. Family X. – Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of America 18: 92-102 [99] (taxonomy)

Avasthi, R.K. & Shafee, S.A. 1986. Species of Ceroplastinae (Homoptera: Coccidae) from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 83: 327-338 [335] (taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [479, 496] (taxonomy, description)

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. [338] (catalogue)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1894. Some observations on the distribution of Coccidae. American Naturalist 28: 1050-1054 [1050] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Rhynchota, Hemiptera – Homoptera. [Aleurodidae and Coccidae]. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2: 1-37 [16] (taxonomy)

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1902. A catalogue of the Coccidae of South America. Revista Chilena de Entomología 6: 250-257 [253] (taxonomy)

Danzig, E.M. & Konstantinova, G.M. 1990. [On coccid (Homoptera, Coccinea) fauna of Vietnam.]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 209: 38-52 [45] (taxonomy)

De Lotto, G. 1965. On some Coccidae (Homoptera), chiefly from Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 16: 175-239 [232] (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 [158] (catalogue)

Fernandes, I.M. 1993. [New data on the knowledge of scale species from the islands of S. Tome and Principe.] Novos dados para o conhecimento da quermofauna das ilhas de S. Tome e Principe. Garcia de Orta. Serie de Zoologia. Lisboa 18(1–2): 111-113 [111] (taxonomy)

Green, E.E. 1909. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 4. [279] (taxonomy, description)

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. [16, 128] (taxonomy, description)

Hodgson, C.J. 1994. The scale insect family Coccidae: an identification manual to genera. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International Institute of Entomology 639 pp. [591-593] (taxonomy, description)

Mamet, J.R. 1949. An annotated catalogue of the Coccoidea of Mauritius. Mauritius Institute Bulletin 3: 1-81 [31] (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 [203] (taxonomy)

Newstead, R. 1903. Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 270 pp. (taxonomy, description)

Qin, T.K. & Gullan, P.J. 1994. Taxonomy of the wax scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) in Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 923-959 [954] (taxonomy)

Signoret, V. 1872. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 9e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 2: 33-46 [33-34] (taxonomy, description)

Steinweden, J.B. 1929. Bases for the generic classification of the coccoid family Coccidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 22: 197-245 [241] (taxonomy, description)

Tang, F.T. 1991. [The Coccidae of China]. Taiyuan, P. R. China : Shanxi United Universities Press. [311] (taxonomy, description)

Tao, C.C.C. 1978. Checklist and host plant index to scale insects of Taiwan, Republic of China. Journal of Agricultural Research China. Taiwan 27: 77-141 [84] (taxonomy, description)

Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [67] (taxonomy)

Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C. 1983. Monograph of Coccidae of Taiwan, Republic of China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Journal of the Taiwan Museum 36: 57-107 [96, 98] (taxonomy, description)

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. [60-61, 173] (taxonomy, description)

Yang, P.L. 1982. [General classification of scale insects in China.]. Shanghai : Shanghai Science & Technology 425 pp. [183] (taxonomy, description)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)