Checklist of Indian Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccidae)


The Indian fauna consist of 70 species under 32 genera in 8 subfamilies (scalenet.info)


TOTAL RECORDED SUBFAMILIES (8)


1. Cardiococcinae

2. Ceroplastinae

3. Coccinae

4. Eriopeltinae

5. Eulecaniinae

6. Filippinae

7. Myzolecaniinae

8. Pseudopulvinariinae


    Subfamily: Myzolecaniinae
  1. Akermes montanus (Green) 1908
  2. Cribrolecanium radicicola Green 1921

    Subfamily: Cardiococcinae
  1. Cardiococcus bivalvatus (Green) 1903
  2. Dicyphococcus castilloae (Green) 1911
  3. Drepanococcus cajani (Maskell) 1891
  4. Drepanococcus chiton (Green) 1909
  5. Inglisia chelonioides Green 1909

    Subfamily: Filippiinae
  1. Ceronema koebeli Green 1909
  2. Metaceronema japonica (Maskell) 1897
  3. Ceronema fryeri Green 1922

    Subfamily: Ceroplastinae
      Tribe: Ceroplastini
  1. Ceroplastes actiniformis Green 1896
  2. Ceroplastes ajmerensis (Avasthi & Shafee) 1979
  3. Ceroplastes alami Avasthi & Shafee 1986
  4. Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius) 1798
  5. Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock 1881
  6. Ceroplastes destructor (Newstead) 1917
  7. Ceroplastes floridensis (Comstock) 1881
  8. Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus Green 1935
  9. Ceroplastes rubens Maskell 1893
  10. Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) 1758
  11. Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood) 1871
  12. Ceroplastes stipulaeformis (Haworth) 1812

    Subfamily: Coccinae
      Tribe: Coccini
  1. Ctenochiton olivaceus (Green) 1922
  2. Coccus almoraensis Avasthi & Shafee 1984
  3. Coccus capparidis (Green) 1904
  4. Coccus colemani Kannan 1918
  5. Coccus discrepans (Green) 1904
  6. Coccus formicarii (Green) 1896
  7. Coccus gymnospori (Green) 1908
  8. Coccus hesperidum (Linnaeus) 1758
  9. Coccus kosztarabi Avasthi & Shafee 1984
  10. Coccus latioperculatum (Green) 1922
  11. Coccus longulus (Douglas) 1887
  12. Coccus ophiorrhizae (Green) 1896
  13. Coccus ramakrishnai (Ramakrishna Ayyar) 1919
  14. Coccus trichodes Anderson 1787
  15. Coccus viridis (Green) 1889
  16. Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) 1873
  17. Kilifia acuminate (Signoret) 1873
  18. Kilifia deltoides De Lotto 1965
  19. Prococcus acutissimus (Green) 1896
  20. Trijuba oculata (Brain) 1920

      21. Tribe: Saissetiini
  21. Hemilecanium imbricans (Green) 1903
  22. Hemilecanium theobromae Newstead 1908
  23. Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) 1861
  24. Parthenolecanium persicae (Fabricius) 1776
  25. Saissetia coffeae (Walker) 1852
  26. Saissetia miranda (Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell) 1899
  27. Saissetia oleae (Olivier) 1791
  28. Saissetia privigna De Lotto 1965

      29. Tribe: Paralecaniini
  29. Discochiton expansum (Green) 1896
  30. Fistulococcus pokfulamensis Hodgson & Martin 2005
  31. Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green) 1904
  32. Maacoccus watti (Green) 1900
  33. Maacoccus piperis (Green) 1922
  34. Marsipococcus christopheri Joshi 2020
  35. Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green) 1904
  36. Neoplatylecanium adersi (Newstead) 1917
  37. Paralecanium machili Takahashi 1933
  38. Paralecanium maritimum (Green) 1896
  39. Platylecanium nepalense Takagi 1975
  40. Saccharolecanium krugeri (Zehntner) 1897

      41. Tribe: Pulvinariini
  41. Megapulvinaria burkilli (Green) 1908
  42. Megapulvinaria maxima (Green) 1904
  43. Milviscutulus mangiferae (Green) 1889
  44. Protopulvinaria longivalvata Green 1909
  45. Pulvinaria aligarhensis Avasthi & Shafee 1985
  46. Pulvinaria durantae Takahashi 1931
  47. Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood) 1870
  48. Pulvinaria iceryi (Signoret) 1869
  49. Pulvinaria indica Avasthi & Shafee 1985
  50. Pulvinaria ixorae Green 1909
  51. Pulvinaria obscura Newstead 1894
  52. Pulvinaria polygonata Cockerell 1905
  53. Pulvinaria psidii Maskell 1893
  54. Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell 1893

    Subfamily: Eulecaniinae
  1. Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus) 1758
  2. Lecanium mercarae Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919

    Subfamily: Eriopeltinae
  1. Membranaria ceylonica (Green) 1922

    Subfamily: Pseudopulvinariinae
      Tribe: Pseudopulvinariini
  1. Pseudopulvinaria sikkimensis Atkinson 1889

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