Review of the genus Cosmococcus (Hemiptera: Lecanodiaspididae) in China, with two new synonymies and updated descriptions of the wax tests and adult female of C. erythrinae Borchsenius, 1959

Xubo Wang; Keqing Wang; Jiangtao Zhang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.2

Review of the genus Cosmococcus (Hemiptera: Lecanodiaspididae) in China, with two new synonymies and updated descriptions of the wax tests and adult female of C. erythrinae Borchsenius, 1959

Zootaxa. 2024 Jan 15;5399(4):327-346. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.2.

Authors

Xubo Wang¹, Keqing Wang², Jiangtao Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province; College of Biodiversity Conservation; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; China; Yunnan Academy of Biodiversity; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; China. wangxb_bjfu@163.com.
² Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province; College of Biodiversity Conservation; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; China. 1963941123@qq.com.
³ Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Forest Ecosystem Protection and Restoration of Poyang Lake Watershed; College of Forestry; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; China. jiang_tao_zhang@163.com.

PMID: 38221151
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.2

Abstract

The Cosmococcus species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Lecanodiaspididae) found in China are reviewed. Based on morphological and molecular data, C. albizziae Borchsenius, 1960 syn. nov. and C. euphorbiae Borchsenius, 1959 syn. nov. are placed as junior synonyms of C. erythrinae Borchsenius, 1959. The wax tests of both sexes and the slide-mounted adult female of C. erythrinae Borchsenius are redescribed.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Female
Hemiptera*
Male