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Antecerococcus

Antecerococcus is a genus of scale insects. They are found worldwide but with greater abundance in the Old World. There are about 56 species:Antecerococcus albospicatus (Green, 1909) Antecerococcus alluaudi (Marchal, 1904) Antecerococcus andamanensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus ankaratrae Antecerococcus asparagi Antecerococcus baccharidis Antecerococcus badius Antecerococcus bryoides Antecerococcus camarai Antecerococcus capensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus cistarum Antecerococcus citri Antecerococcus cliffortiae Antecerococcus corokiae Antecerococcus delottoi Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus dumonti Antecerococcus echinatus Antecerococcus eremobius Antecerococcus fradei Antecerococcus froggatti Antecerococcus gabonensis Antecerococcus gallicolus Antecerococcus hilli Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus indicus Antecerococcus insleyae Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus intermedius Antecerococcus kakamegae Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus keralae Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus kurraensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus laniger Antecerococcus lizeri Antecerococcus longipilosus Antecerococcus madagascariensis Antecerococcus mirandae Antecerococcus muntingi Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus oranensis Antecerococcus ornatus Antecerococcus oumeensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus ovoides Antecerococcus paradoxus Antecerococcus parahybensis Antecerococcus passerinae Antecerococcus perowskiae Antecerococcus philippiae Antecerococcus pileae Antecerococcus pocilliferus Antecerococcus roseus Antecerococcus royenae Antecerococcus ruber Antecerococcus sparsiporus Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus stellatus Antecerococcus steppicus Antecerococcus thesii Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus theydoni Antecerococcus yemenicus Hodgson & Williams, 2016 Antecerococcus zapotlanus

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Antecerococcus
Antecerococcus indicus (with an attendant ant Camponotus sp.) is common on Hibiscus spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Cerococcidae
Genus: Antecerococcus
Green, 1901
Type species
Cerococcus punctiferus
Green, 19011

Antecerococcus is a genus of scale insects. They are found worldwide but with greater abundance in the Old World.2 There are about 56 species:

  • Antecerococcus albospicatus (Green, 1909)
  • Antecerococcus alluaudi (Marchal, 1904)
  • Antecerococcus andamanensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus ankaratrae (Mamet, 1954)
  • Antecerococcus asparagi (Joubert, 1925)
  • Antecerococcus baccharidis (Hempel, 1900)
  • Antecerococcus badius (Leonardi, 1911)
  • Antecerococcus bryoides (Maskell, 1894)
  • Antecerococcus camarai (Neves, 1954)
  • Antecerococcus capensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus cistarum (Balachowsky, 1927)
  • Antecerococcus citri (Lambdin, 1986)
  • Antecerococcus cliffortiae (Joubert, 1925)
  • Antecerococcus corokiae (Maskell, 1890)
  • Antecerococcus delottoi Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus dumonti (Vayssière, 1927)
  • Antecerococcus echinatus (Wang & Qiu, 1986)
  • Antecerococcus eremobius (Scott, 1907)
  • Antecerococcus fradei (Castel-Branco, 1952)
  • Antecerococcus froggatti (Morrison & Morrison, 1927)
  • Antecerococcus gabonensis (Lambdin, 1983)
  • Antecerococcus gallicolus (Mamet, 1959)
  • Antecerococcus hilli Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus indicus (Maskell, 1897)
  • Antecerococcus insleyae Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus intermedius (Balachowsky, 1930)
  • Antecerococcus kakamegae Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus keralae Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus kurraensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus laniger (Goux, 1932)
  • Antecerococcus lizeri (Granara de Willink, 1996)
  • Antecerococcus longipilosus (Archangelskaya, 1930)
  • Antecerococcus madagascariensis (Mamet, 1959)
  • Antecerococcus mirandae (Lambdin, 1987)
  • Antecerococcus muntingi Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus oranensis (Balachowsky, 1941)
  • Antecerococcus ornatus (Green, 1909)
  • Antecerococcus oumeensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus ovoides (Cockerell, 1901)
  • Antecerococcus paradoxus (Maskell, 1889)
  • Antecerococcus parahybensis (Hempel, 1927)
  • Antecerococcus passerinae (Brain, 1920)
  • Antecerococcus perowskiae (Archangelskaya, 1931)
  • Antecerococcus philippiae (Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1977)
  • Antecerococcus pileae (Mamet, 1950)
  • Antecerococcus pocilliferus (Neves, 1954)
  • Antecerococcus roseus (Green, 1909)
  • Antecerococcus royenae (Brain, 1920)
  • Antecerococcus ruber (Balachowsky, 1930)
  • Antecerococcus sparsiporus Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus stellatus (Maskell, 1897)
  • Antecerococcus steppicus (Balachowsky, 1941)
  • Antecerococcus thesii Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus theydoni (Hall, 1935)
  • Antecerococcus yemenicus Hodgson & Williams, 2016
  • Antecerococcus zapotlanus (Cockerell, 1903)
References

References

  1. Green, E.E. (1901). "On some new species of Coccidae from Australia, collected by W.W. Froggatt, F.L.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 25: 559–562.
  2. Hodgson, Chris J.; Williams, Douglas J. (2016). "A revision of the family Cerococcidae Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha, Coccomorpha) with particular reference to species from the Afrotropical, western Palaearctic and western Oriental Regions, with the revival of Antecerococcus Green and description of a new genus and fifteen new species, and with ten new synonomies". Zootaxa. 4091 (1): 1–175. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4091.1.1. PMID 27394446.
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