Coccus (insect)

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Coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "sphere",^[1]^[2] is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee, are major agricultural pests.^[3] The type species is Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Hemiptera

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Coccus

Coccus hesperidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Coccidae
Genus:	Coccus Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Coccus acaciae (Newstead, 1917)^[4]
Coccus bromeliae Bouché, 1833^[5]
Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)^[6]
Coccus celatus De Lotto, 1960^[7]
Coccus gymnospori (Green, 1908)^[8]
Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758, the brown soft scale^[9]
Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)^[10]
Coccus penangensis Morrison, 1921^[11]
Coccus pseudelongatus (Brain, 1920)^[12]
Coccus pseudohesperidum (Cockerell, 1895)^[13]
Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914)^[14]
Coccus formicarii (Green, 1896)^[15]
Coccus viridis (Green, 1889)^[16]

Former species

Coccus aceris Fabricius, 1794 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus alni Modeer, 1778 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus arens Hodgson, 1968 synonym for Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)
Coccus arundinariae Sanders, 1906 synonym for Maacoccus arundinariae (Green, 1904)
Coccus bauhini Targioni Tozzetti, 1867 synonym for Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus bicruciatus Sanders, 1906 synonym for Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green, 1904)
Coccus cacti Cockerell, 1893 synonym for Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829
Coccus celticum Takahashi, 1955 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
Coccus celtium Sasscer, 1911 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
Coccus coffeae Kirkaldy, 1902 synonym for Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)
Coccus cypraeola Dalman, 1826 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus deltae Corseuil & Barbosa, 1971 synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell, 1898)
Coccus diversipes Cockerell, 1905 synonym for Kilifia diversipes (Cockerell, 1905)
Coccus elongatus Sanders, 1909 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
Coccus fagi Baerensprung, 1849 ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
Coccus fagi Walker, 1852 ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
Coccus ficus Fernald, 1903 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
Coccus frontalis Sanders, 1906 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
Coccus fuscus Gmelin, 1790 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus iceryi Tao et al., 1983 synonym for Pulvinaria iceryi (Signoret, 1869)
Coccus ilicis Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus impar Bodkin, 1917 synonym for Mesolecanium impar (Cockerell, 1898)
Coccus lacca Kerr, 1782 synonym for Kerria lacca (Kerr, 1782)
Coccus mali Schrank, 1781 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus marsupialis Sanders, 1906 synonym for Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green, 1904)
Coccus namunakuli Ali, 1971 synonym for Parlatoria namunakuli (Green, 1922)
Coccus perlatus Fernald, 1903 synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell, 1898)
Coccus polonicus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus pyri Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus radicum Beckmann, 1790 synonym for Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus rubi Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus salicum Fabricius, 1781 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus tiliae Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coccus xylostei Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

[1]
"Definition of Coccus". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
[2]
κόκκος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
[3]
Ananthakrishnan, Taracad Narayanan (2004). "Family Coccidae (soft scales, wax scales, tortoise scales)". In Nayar, K. Karunakaran; Ananthakrishnan, Taracad Narayanan; David, B. Vasantharaj (eds.). General and applied entomology (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-07-043435-6.
[4]
Ben-Dov, Yair (1977). "Taxonomy of the long brown scale Coccus longulus (Douglas), stat. n.(Homoptera: Coccidae)". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 67 (1): 89–95. doi:10.1017/S0007485300010919.
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Ben-Dov, Yair; Cox, Jennifer M. (1990). "The identity of five species of scale insects (Hem., Homoptera, Coccoidea), living on ornamental plants, originally described by PF Bouché". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 126: 79–84.
[6]
Sanders, James Glossbrenner (1906). Catalogue of recently described Coccidae. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Series, number 12, part 1. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. p. 372.
[7]
De Lotto, Giovanni (1960). "The Green Scales of Coffee in Africa South of the Sahara (Homoptera, Coccidae)". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 51 (2): 389–403. doi:10.1017/S0007485300058041.
[8]
Sanders, James Glossbrenner (1909). The euonymus scale (Chionaspis euonymi Comstock). United States Department of Agriculture Circular 114. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. Google Books - no preview
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Bartlett, Blair Ralph (1978). "Coccidae". In Clausen, Curtis P. (ed.). Introduced Parasites and Predators of Arthropod Pests and Weeds: A world review. Agriculture Handbook No. 480. Washington, D.C.: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. pp. 57–74, view=1up, seq=68 page 60.
[10]
Hall, Wilfrid John (1922). Observations on the Coccidae of Egypt. Technical and Scientific Service Bulletin, number 22. Cairo: Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Government Press.
[11]
Ben-Dov, Yair (1993). A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae): With Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology, and Economics Importance. Flora & Fauna Handbook, No. 9. Gainesville, Florida: CRC Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-877743-13-9.
[12]
De Lotto, Giovanni (1957). "On some Ethiopian species of the genus Coccus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)". Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 20: 295–314.
[13]
Fernald, Maria Elizabeth Smith (1903). A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Number 88. Amherst, Massachusetts: Carpenter and Morehouse. p. 173, Item 860. book at Google Books
[14]
Bartlett, Blair Ralph (1978). Introduced parasites and predators of arthropod pests and weeds:a world review. Washington, D.C.: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 61.
[15]
Lin, Yen-Po; Kondo, Takumasa; Gullan, Penny; Cook, Lyn G. (2013). "Delimiting genera of scale insects: molecular and morphological evidence for synonymising Taiwansaissetia Tao, Wong and Chang with Coccus Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)". Systematic Entomology. 38 (2): 249–264. Bibcode:2013SysEn..38..249L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00664.x.
[16]
Fernald 1903, p. 174

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