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Coccobius flavicornis

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, China; & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, China; & Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
  • 2. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Description

Coccobius flavicornis (Compere & Annecke)

Physcus flavicornis Compere and Annecke, 1961: 26. Holotype ♀, Paratypes 4♀, CHINA: Kwangsi [Guangxi], September 1949 (Y.W. Djou), ex Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell) on pomelo, (USNM).

Coccobius flavicornis (Compere & Annecke): Hayat, 1984; Huang 1994: 165–167.

Host

Pseudaonidia duplex, P. trilobitiformis.

Distribution

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi) (Huang 1994).

Comments

Coccobius flavicornis was described by Compere and Annecke (1961) from Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell) on pomelo in Guangxi Province of China. It was recorded by Huang (1994) from Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis on pomelo in Zhangzhou (Fujian Province). The male of C. flavicornis was described by Viggiani and Ren (1993).

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian & Pan, Dong Ming, 2013, Taxonomic review of Coccobius species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, with notes on their use in biological control of scale insect pests (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), and description of a new species, pp. 359-373 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (5 - 6) on pages 367-368, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791954, http://zenodo.org/record/4632155

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Family
Aphelinidae
Genus
Coccobius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Compere & Annecke
Species
flavicornis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Coccobius flavicornis (Compere, 1961) sec. Wang, Huang & Pan, 2013

References

  • Compere H, Annecke DP. 1961. Descriptions of parasitic Hymenoptera and comments (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae). J Entomol Soc S Afr. 24: 17 - 71.
  • Hayat M. 1984. Notes on some species of Coccobius and Prophyscus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), with special reference to Girault and Howard types. Orient Insect. 18: 289 - 334.
  • Huang J. 1994. Systematic studies on Aphelinidae of China (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Contributions of the Biological Control Research Institute, Fujian Agricultural University Special Publication No. 5, 348 pp. Chongqing, China: Chongqing Publishing House.
  • Viggiani G, Ren H. 1993. New species and records of Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China. Boll Lab Ent Agr " F. Silvestri " Portici. 48: 219 - 239.