Coccophagus Westwood
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Fig 1. Coccophagus - dorsal view

Fig 2. Coccophagus - dorsal view

Fig 3. Coccophagus - lateral view

Fig 4. Coccophagus - lateral view

Fig 5. Coccophagus bivittatus

Fig 6. Coccophagus ceroplastae

Fig 7. Coccophagus cowperi

Fig 8. Coccophagus cowperi

Fig 9. Coccophagus cowperi

Fig 10. Coccophagus sexvittatus

Fig 11. Coccophagus pseudococci

Fig 12. Coccophagus pseudococci - male

Fig 13. C. ceroplastae - antenna

Fig 14. C. ceroplastae - forewing

Fig 15. C. sexvittatus - thorax

Fig 16. Coccophagus - thorax

Fig 17. C. pseudococci - thorax

Nomenclature

Coccophagus Westwood, 1833b: 344. Type species: Entedon scutellaris Dalman, designated by Westwood, 1840: 73.
Aneristus Howard, 1895a: 351. Type species: Aneristus ceroplastae Howard, by monotypy. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983: 81.
Paracharitopus Brethes, 1913: 105. Type species: Paracharitopus lecanii Brethes, by monotypy. Synonymy by transfer of type species to Coccophagus by Timberlake, in Compere, 1931: 11.
Ataneostigma Girault, 1941a: 23. Type species: Ataneostigma pulchra Girault, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983: 81.
Prococcophagus Silvestri, 1915b: 359. Type species: Prococcophagus varius Silvestri, by original designation. Synonymy by Shafee, Azim & Khan, 1985: 27.
Taneostigmoidella Girault, 1915: 39. Type species: Taneostigmoidella nympha Girault, by original designation. Synonymy by Shafee, Azim & Khan, 1985: 27.
Onophilus Brethes, 1918: 155. Type species: Onophilus caridei Brethes, by monotypy. Synonymy by Mercet, 1928b: 510.
Parencarsia Mercet, 1930a: 198. Type species: Coccophagus krygeri Mercet, by original designation. Synonymy by De Santis, 1946: 8.
Heptacritus De Santis, 1960: 97. Type species: Coccophagus semiatratus De Santis, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983: 83.
Aclerdaephagus Sugonjaev, 1969: 290. Type species: Aclerdaephagus planus Sugonjaev, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1992: 111.
Polycoccophagus Sugonjaev, 1976: 106. Type species: Coccophagus rosae Sugonjaev & Fillipjuk, by original designation . As subgenus of Coccophagus.

Diagnosis

Species in India

1. Coccophagus acanthosceles Waterston
2. Coccophagus anthracinus Compere
3. Coccophagus assamensis Hayat
4. Coccophagus atratus Compere
5. Coccophagus bivittatus Compere
6. Coccophagus bogoriensis (Koningsberger)
7. Coccophagus burksi Hayat
8. Coccophagus candidus Hayat
9. Coccophagus ceroplastae (Howard)
10. Coccophagus chloropulvinariae Hayat
11. Coccophagus clavatus Husain & Agarwal
12. Coccophagus copernicus Husain & Agarwal
13. Coccophagus cowperi Girault
14. Coccophagus dius Hayat
15. Coccophagus flavicorpus Husain & Agarwal
16. Coccophagus flavifrons Howard
17. Coccophagus formicariae Hayat
18. Coccophagus fumadus Hayat
19. Coccophagus gilvus Hayat
20. Coccophagus indochraceus Hayat
21. Coccophagus insignis Hayat & Zeya
22. Coccophagus longiclavatus Shafee
23. Coccophagus longicornis Hayat
24. Coccophagus longifasciatus Howard
25. Coccophagus longipedicellus Shafee
26. Coccophagus lutescens Compere
27. Coccophagus lycimnia (Walker)
29. Coccophagus meghaianus Hayat
31. Coccophagus nigricorpus Shafee
32. Coccophagus ochraceus Howard
33. Coccophagus ophicus Husain & Agarwal
34. Coccophagus parlobatae Hayat
35. Coccophagus perhispidus Girault
36. Coccophagus prinslooi Hayat
37. Coccophagus pseudococci Compere
38. Coccophagus redini Girault
39. Coccophagus samarae Hayat
40. Coccophagus sexvittatus Hayat
41. Coccophagus shafeei Hayat
42. Coccophagus shillongensis Hayat & Singh
43. Coccophagus silvestrii Compere
44. Coccophagus subflavescens Hayat
45. Coccophagus sudhiri Hayat
46. Coccophagus tschirchii Mahdihassan
47. Coccophagus zebratus Howard
48. Coccophagus zeyai Hayat

Hosts and habitat

Endoparasitoids of Coccoidea, mainly soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae), but a few species parasitize mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Males (ecto- or endoparasitoids) are generally hyperparasitoids on other primary parasitoids, including females of their own species.

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